Project co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund
Project co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund
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14 May – 25 October 2026 Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Królikarnia
17 April – 13 September 2026 The National Museum in Warsaw
Exhibition of 19th-century Polish painting, presenting works by the greatest Polish artists: Stanisław Wyspiański, Aleksander and Maksymilian Gierymski, Jan Matejko, Leon Wyczółkowski, Józef Mehoffer, Olga Boznańska, Józef Brandt, Józef Chełmoński, Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Konrad Krzyżanowski, Jacek Malczewski, Wojciech Weiss, Jan Stanisławski, Juliusz and Wojciech Kossak, Witold Wojtkiewicz, Władysław Ślewiński, Artur Grottger, Józef Simmler, Julian Fałat, Zbigniew Pronaszko and other artists – more than 100 paintings from the National Museum in Warsaw and other national collections.
Art from that period not only depicted, but also shaped imagery, mentality and emotionality of the Polish nation. The exhibition shows paintings reflecting on the glorious and tragic history of Poland; exploring the cultural richness inherited from the pre-partitions Commonwealth with its ethnical, social and religious diversity; works grown from the fascination with folklore; the iconography of the January Insurrection and deportations to Siberia; outstanding examples of the Polish school of landscape; finally – testimonies of the quest for modern means of expression at the beginning of the 20th century in the spirit of symbolism, Nabism, proto-expressionism, aestheticism and other artistic trends.
The exhibition Poland. The Power of Images is an adaptation of the display Pologne 1840–1918. Peindre l’âme d’une nation [Poland 1840–1918. Painting the Spirit of the Nation] organised in collaboration with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and presented at the Musée du Louvre-Lens until January 2020. The exhibition’s success in France – wide interest of the public and extensive coverage in the media –encouraged the NMW to organise the Warsaw version.
