Wojciech Kossak was a Polish painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of painters and writers.
Background
He was the son of painter Juliusz Kossak, the twin brother of freedom fighter Tadeusz Kossak, and the father of painter Jerzy Kossak. Wojciech Horacy Kossak was born on New Year"s Eve of 1856/7 just before midnight (the birth certificate of his twin brother, Tadeusz Kossak, states that he was born on January 1, 1857) in Paris.
Career
His middle name was given to him in honor of his godfather, French painter Horace Vernet. Kossak began his education upon his family"s return to Poland. He went to middle school at Three Crosses Square in Warsaw and later attended high school, Gimnazjum śWest
Anny, in KrakóWest
He simultaneously studied painting with his father Juliusz. In the years 1871-1873 Wojciech studied at the School of Drawing and Painting (later called the School of Fine Arts) under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, and later, until 1875, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, with professors Aleksandra Strähubera and Alexander Wagner.