Franciszek Żmurko

Polish realist painter

Franciszek Żmurko
Franciszek Żmurko
Born	18 July 1859 Lemburg, Austrian Empire
Died	9 October 1910 (aged 51) Warsaw
Nationality	Polish
Education	Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Known for	Realist painting

Franciszek Żmurko (18 July 1859, Lviv – 9 October 1910, Warsaw) was a Polish realist painter. Żmurko began drawing lessons as a young boy in his hometown with the painter Franciszek Tepa. As an adolescent he relocated to Kraków to study at the Academy of Fine Arts where he took lessons from Professor Jan Matejko. In 1877 Żmurko moved to Vienna, Austria where he was accepted at the Vienna Academy, but left soon thereafter to study under Alexander von Wagner in Munich. Żmurko returned to Kraków in 1880 and then moved to Warsaw in 1882, where he remained until his death in 1910.

Notable works

Zygmunt August i Barbara
Zuzanna i starcy, 1879
Z rozkazu padyszacha, 1881
Nubijczyk, 1884
Portret kobiety z wachlarzem, 1884
Widzenie Fausta, 1890
Kazimierz Wielki i Esterka
Portret kobiety z wachlarzem i papierosem, 1891
Autoportret z paletą, 1895
Portret młodej kobiety, 1896
Studium do obrazu "Laudamus feminam", c. 1900
Półakt kobiecy, c. 1900
Una donna
Czarne warkocze, 1907

Selected works

Self-portrait with a palette
Girl with red ribbons in hair
Nubian man, 1884
Self portrait as Stańczyk
Hetaera, 1906. Owned by the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, inv. no. 369 (lost between 1939 and 1945 (World War II).