Italian artists

FILIPPO JUVARRA 

Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736) was an Italian architect and stage designer, one of the greatest exponents of Baroque. He worked for many years in Turin as architect fr the house of Savoy.

He became the architect of Vittorio Amedeo of Savoy. Among the most important works it si the worth to remember the Royal Palace in Venaria, Palazza Madama and the Basilica of Superga in Turin.

GIUSEPPE VERDI

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was the greatest Italian composer of operas. His works are well known all over the world. Aida, Nabucco, Rigoletto, Traviata and many other operas are represented in the most important theathers around the world.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, musician, engineer....he invented different machines only built in modern times. He is mostly remembered as a painter and Gioconda conserved at Louvre in Paris is his most famous work.

Polish most famous national artists

Fryderyk Chopin

1810 – 1849

Polish composer from the Romantic period. A brilliant, talented musician, who was born and grown up in Warsaw. He also completed there his musical education and composed many of his musical works. Deep expression and many stylistic patterns derived from Polish folk music are features of Chopin's creation, which is currently well known all over the world.

Jan Matejko

1838 – 1893

Polish painter known for paintings of notable historical Polish political and military events. His most famous works include oil on canvas paintings like Battle of Grunwald, numerous paintings of other battles, court scenes, and a gallery of Polish kings. He is counted among the most famous Polish painters.

         

             Stanisław Wyspiański

                                1869 – 1907

 

Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas within the artistic philosophy of the Young Poland Movement. Wyspiański was one of the most outstanding and multifaceted artists of his time in Poland under the foreign partitions. He successfully joined the trends of modernism with themes of the Polish folk tradition and Romantic history.