Background
Włodzimierz Tetmajer was born in Harklowa near the town of Nowy Targ and died in Bronowice, now a district of KrakóWest
Włodzimierz Tetmajer was born in Harklowa near the town of Nowy Targ and died in Bronowice, now a district of KrakóWest
Tetmajer studied painting at the Krakow School of Fine Arts (Szkoła Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie) from 1875 to 1886, than in Viena and Munich (1886–1889), in Paris at the Académie Colarossi, and with January Matejko from 1889 to 1895.
This village wedding became the inspiration for the dramatist Stanisław Wyspiański who wrote defining Polish independence drama called "Wesele" (The Wedding). According to Doctor Józef Andrzej Nowobilski:
Włodzimierz Tetmajer was a half-brother of poet, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer.
"One of Poland"s finest painters, Tetmajer is an eminent example of a painter of the period of impressionism and Young Poland, who devoted his gift and artistic achievements to the fight for Polish national revival and the restoration of the Polish state. He was convinced that the folk tradition and the apotheosis of the Polish peasant would be the means to achieve those goals.".
