Polish1869–1946
Józef Mehoffer
A Polish painter and designer, one of the leading artists of Young Poland. He trained in Kraków, Vienna and Paris, and is best known for the stained-glass windows he designed for St Nicholas Cathedral in Fribourg, Switzerland, between 1895 and 1936. His house in Kraków is now a museum.
A life in paintings
- 1869Born
- 1887Studied with Jan MatejkoKraków
Mehoffer was one of the students of Matejko's Kraków School of Fine Arts and, with Wyspiański, worked on Matejko's restoration of St Mary's Basilica from 1889, designing its stained-glass windows.
Source: Wikipedia - 1889Worked with Stanisław WyspiańskiKraków and Paris
Born the same year, they worked together on St Mary's Basilica in Kraków, designing 36 stained-glass windows for Matejko's restoration, then went to Paris and shared a studio, first at 14 rue de l'Échaudé and later at 14 avenue du Maine. They drew and painted each other constantly; the National Museum in Poznań calls Mehoffer Wyspiański's close friend and artistic rival.
Source: National Museum in Kraków - 1917
- 1946Died
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School · Kraków
Kraków School of Fine Arts
Kraków's art school, which Matejko later directed until his death in 1893; it was eventually renamed the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts. His students there included Maurycy Gottlieb, Jacek Malczewski, Józef Mehoffer and Stanisław Wyspiański.
Society · Kraków · 1897
Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka"
Founded in Kraków in 1897 after the 'Separate Exhibition' at the Cloth Hall, to assert a modern Polish art while Poland was partitioned. Founding members included Wyspiański, Mehoffer, Malczewski, Wyczółkowski, Axentowicz, Fałat, Chełmoński and Stanisławski; it spanned all of Young Poland's styles.
Workshop · Kraków · 1889
St Mary's Basilica restoration (1889–1891)
Matejko painted and funded the new murals of Kraków's St Mary's Basilica during its 1887–1891 renovation, working with his students Wyspiański and Mehoffer, who designed the presbytery stained glass.
Where to see them
National Museum in Kraków, Kraków
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