Who painted “Polish Hamlet. Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski”?

“Polish Hamlet. Portrait of Aleksander Wielopolski” was painted by Jacek Malczewski in 1903. Where to see it: National Museum in Warsaw.

Young Poland

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

“Vicious circle”, 1897
“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