Franciszek Żmurko

Franciszek Żmurko (18 July 1859, Lviv – 9 October 1910, Warsaw) was a Polish realist painter. Żmurko began drawing lessons as a young boy in his hometown with the painter Franciszek Tepa. As an adolescent he relocated to Kraków to study at the Academy of Fine Arts where he took lessons from Professor Jan Matejko. In 1877 Żmurko moved to Vienna, Austria where he was accepted at the Vienna Academy, but left soon thereafter to study under Alexander von Wagner in Munich. Żmurko returned to Kraków in 1880 and then moved to Warsaw in 1882, where he remained until his death in 1910.

Franciszek Żmurko
Franciszek Żmurko
Born	18 July 1859 Lemburg, Austrian Empire
Died	9 October 1910 (aged 51) Warsaw
Nationality	Polish
Education	Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Known for	Realist painting

Notable works

• Zygmunt August i Barbara
• Zuzanna i starcy, 1879
• Z rozkazu padyszacha, 1881
• Nubijczyk, 1884
• Portret kobiety z wachlarzem, 1884
• Widzenie Fausta, 1890
• Kazimierz Wielki i Esterka
• Portret kobiety z wachlarzem i papierosem, 1891
• Autoportret z paletą, 1895
• Portret młodej kobiety, 1896
• Studium do obrazu "Laudamus feminam", c. 1900
• Półakt kobiecy, c. 1900
• Una donna
• Czarne warkocze, 1907

Selected works

• 
  Self-portrait with a palette
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  Girl with red ribbons in hair
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  Nubian man, 1884
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  Self portrait as Stańczyk
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  Hetaera, 1906. Owned by the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw, inv. no. 369 (lost between 1939 and 1945 (World War II).

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  By order of the Padishah, 1881
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  Faust's Vision, 1890

See also

• Wawrzyniec Żmurko, mathematician, father of Franciszek

External links

• Gallery at Wikimedia Commons
• Selection of Works
• Biography at Tom Podl Collection