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Later, he attended the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (1862-1863) and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (1863-1867).
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Florian Cynk
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He also worked as an illustrator. He began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow with Wojciech Stattler and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz. In 1877, he was appointed a Professor of drawing at his alma mater, the Krakow Academy.
While there, he made copies of works by January Matejko that would be turned into woodcuts and helped Matejko plot the perspective on his huge paintings.
He also provided illustrations for Tygodnik Ilustrowany and other periodicals. In 1888, he painted "Our Lady of the Polish Crown" for the altar of a church in Stryj and, together with Matejko, created portraits of Saints Kinga and Adalbert at a church in Stary Wiśnicz.
Many of his students would become well-known artists. Including Stanisław Wyspiański, Piotr Stachiewicz, January Wojnarski, Ludwik Stasiak, Artur Markowicz, Wojciech Weiss, Ludwik Misky, Józef Rapacki, Stefan Filipkiewicz, Władysław Benda and Zefiryn Ćwikliński.
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Poland