Wojciech Kossak (
Paris,
France, December 31, 1857 – July 29, 1942,
Kraków,
Poland) was a
Polish
painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of painters and writers. Wojciech Kossak's work was very different in subject matter and style from
Jan Matejko's; Kossak belonged to a later generation of artists. Like Matejko, however, he is known for paintings depicting the history of
Polish arms and notable battles of
Central and
Eastern Europe. One of his works depicts the oath taken by
Polish national hero,
Tadeusz Kościuszko, in the
Kościuszko Uprising against
Imperial Russia in
1794.
Wojciech Kossak (
Paris,
France, December 31, 1857 – July 29, 1942,
Kraków,
Poland) was a
Polish
painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of painters and writers. Wojciech Kossak's work was very different in subject matter and style from
Jan Matejko's; Kossak belonged to a later generation of artists. Like Matejko, however, he is known for paintings depicting the history of
Polish arms and notable battles of
Central and
Eastern Europe. One of his works depicts the oath taken by
Polish national hero,
Tadeusz Kościuszko, in the
Kościuszko Uprising against
Imperial Russia in
1794.