Władysław Łuszczkiewicz was an art historian, artist, pedagogue, an outstanding personality of nineteenth-century Krakow, active in many fields. He was a professor at the Cracow School of Fine Arts, and in the years 1857–1873 and 1893–1895 he was the headmaster of this school. He was a teacher of many artists, of which it is enough to mention only the greatest - Jan Matejko, Stanisław Wyspiański, Józef Mehoffer and Artur Grottger. In 1883, Łuszczkiewicz was appointed the director of the National Museum in Krakow. He managed this institution until his death, that is until 1900. Among the oldest source materials belonging to the Archive of the National Museum in Krakow, we can find the correspondence of former students of the School of Fine Arts addressed directly to their former teacher - Professor Łuszczkiewicz, who was at this time the director of the National Museum in Krakow. Based on selected letters, the article presents their interesting subject matter and presents the issues in which the students wrote to their Master. The attempt to describe the relation between former students and their master revealed in letters will be made.
On September 12th, 1883, the 200th anniversary of the Siege of Vienna was celebrated. In the Polish territories, which at that time were under the Austrian partition, the celebrations related to the jubilee of the victorious battle gained a special setting. In Cracow, one of the main events of the anniversary was the “The Exhibition of Relics from the Time of King John III and His Age.” Its opening night was connected with the opening of the National Museum to the public, initiated in October 1879. The Committee responsible for the exhibition was composed of distinguished representatives of the Polish (mainly Galician) scientific, political, cultural and artistic community. The article focuses on events related to the organization of the exhibition and presents its course and effects.
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