The painting emanates an aura of pensiveness and mystery while simultaneously sparking interpretive controversy. It is one of Bozna\u0144ska’s most recognizable works. Created in 1894 in Munich, this Symbolist oil painting was rendered in a restrained colour palette. When exhibited in 1896 at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin (Internationale Kunstausstellung) and in Vienna, it was noticed by William Ritter. Writing for Gazette des Beaux-Arts<\/em>, he noted the painting’s mysterious atmosphere, drawing parallels to the poems of Maurice Maeterlinck, whom Bozna\u0144ska admired.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMore information in the digital catalog<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nWe invite you to explore more in the digital catalog of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w.Author of the entry: Urszula Kozakowska-Zaucha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLocalisation<\/span>National Museum in Krakow \/ Main Building \/ Gallery of 20th-Century Polish Art. \/ XX+XXI Galeria Sztuki Polskiej \/ I M\u0142oda Polska (346) <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Owner<\/span>The National Museum in Krakow <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Object number<\/span> MNK II-b-1032 <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Copyright<\/span>CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description The painting emanates an aura of pensiveness and mystery while simultaneously sparking interpretive controversy. It is one of Bozna\u0144ska’s most recognizable works. Created in 1894 in Munich, this Symbolist oil painting was rendered in a restrained colour palette. When exhibited in 1896 at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin (Internationale Kunstausstellung) and in Vienna, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21501,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11370","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
We invite you to explore more in the digital catalog of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w.Author of the entry: Urszula Kozakowska-Zaucha<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The National Museum in Krakow <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Object number<\/span> MNK II-b-1032 <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Copyright<\/span>CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description The painting emanates an aura of pensiveness and mystery while simultaneously sparking interpretive controversy. It is one of Bozna\u0144ska’s most recognizable works. Created in 1894 in Munich, this Symbolist oil painting was rendered in a restrained colour palette. When exhibited in 1896 at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin (Internationale Kunstausstellung) and in Vienna, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21501,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11370","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
MNK II-b-1032 <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li>Copyright<\/span>CC0 – Public domain <\/span><\/p><\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGallery<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Poka\u017c wi\u0119cej zdj\u0119\u0107<\/use><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Description The painting emanates an aura of pensiveness and mystery while simultaneously sparking interpretive controversy. It is one of Bozna\u0144ska’s most recognizable works. Created in 1894 in Munich, this Symbolist oil painting was rendered in a restrained colour palette. When exhibited in 1896 at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin (Internationale Kunstausstellung) and in Vienna, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21501,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11370","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Description The painting emanates an aura of pensiveness and mystery while simultaneously sparking interpretive controversy. It is one of Bozna\u0144ska’s most recognizable works. Created in 1894 in Munich, this Symbolist oil painting was rendered in a restrained colour palette. When exhibited in 1896 at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin (Internationale Kunstausstellung) and in Vienna, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21501,"template":"","zbiory_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11370","zbiory","type-zbiory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zbiory"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory\/11370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zbiory_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zbiory_categories?post=11370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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