MNK Sukiennice
Rynek Główny 3, 31-042 Kraków
In terms of idea, they seem to herald ancient idylls, so typical of the painting of Siemiradzki, who settled in Rome in 1872. These scenes from the “daily life” of ancient Greeks and Romans are usually set in the landscape of Campania, associated by the artist with Arcadia. They depict light, sometimes poetical episodes – as in the painting Following the Example of Gods (1899) or the scene By a Spring (1898), with the echoes of Symbolism. In the background of the anecdote shown here the painter depicted, as in most of his ancient idylls, a landscape, filled with the light of the sun, rendered with great sensitivity to colour. A southern, bright landscape is a central theme in the composition entitled Rest (1896).
The artist set a scene from the Gospel According to John – a meeting between Christ and a woman from Samaria – also in a totally idyllic scenery (Christ and the Samaritan Woman, 1890).
The above group of works also includes portrait studies of ancient women, sketches painted with virtuosity and an excellent study for the curtain of the City Theatre in Krakow Amor and Psyche (ca 1894).
Curator – Beata Studziżba-Kubalska
Coordinator – Katarzyna Pawłowska
Graphic designs and exhibition layout – Magdalena Bujak

























