Miłosz Kotarbiński
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by Leona Wyczółkowskiego (1914)
Miłosz Kotarbiński (25 January 1854 – 27 October 1944) was a Polish painter, illustrator, literary critic, poet, singer and composer. Works by him are in galleries in Russia and Zagreb. His brother Józef was a literary critic and actor.
He was born in Czemierniki.
Works
Initially he painted history paintings and later landscapes as well as religious and fantasy scenes. His early works were strongly influenced by Jan Matejko. In 1929 he designed the one zloty coin.[1]
Selected works
- The sick Prince Pozharsky receives the Moscow envoys (Omsk Museum, Russia)
- Under the guardianship of angels
- Tritons
- Portrait of the artist's wife Ewa Koskowska Kotarbińska (1891), lost in 1939.