Who painted “Vicious circle”?

“Vicious circle” was painted by Jacek Malczewski in 1897. Where to see it: National Museum in Poznań.

What to look for

Young Poland: Symbolist mood and Art Nouveau line with Polish subjects: national myths, the Tatra mountains, the Vistula, the countryside and melancholy figures.

Jacek Malczewski (15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who was one of the central figures of the patriotic Young Poland movement. Wikipedia

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More by Jacek Malczewski

“Polish Hamlet. Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski”, 1903
“Melancholia”, 1894
“Reality”, 1908
“Death of Ellenai”, 1883
“Death.”, 1902
“Christmas Eve in Siberia”, 1892
“Zatruta studnia”, 1906
“Sunday at the mine (Rest at the mine)”, 1882