Józef Mehoffer

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Józef Mehoffer
File:Mehoffer self-portrait (1897).jpg
Self-portrait (1897), National Museum, Kraków
Born Józef Edler von Mehoffer
(1869-03-19)19 March 1869
Ropczyce, Austro-Hungary
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Wadowice, Poland
Nationality Polish
Known for Painting, drawing
Notable work Strange Garden (1902-1903), Portrait of Wife (1904)
Movement Art Nouveau, Young Poland
Awards Order of Polonia Restituta, Wawrzyn Akademicki

Józef Mehoffer (19 March 1869 – 8 July 1946) was a Polish painter and decorative artist, one of the leading artists of the Young Poland movement and one of the most revered Polish artists of his time.[1]

Life

File:Dom Mehoffera.jpg
Józef Mehoffer Museum in Kraków

Mehoffer was born in Ropczyce, studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz, and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, as well as in Paris at the Académie Colarossi among others. There Mehoffer began painting portraits, often of people of historical significance. He later expanded his work to include different techniques, such as graphic art, stained glass, textiles, chalk drawings, etchings and book illustrations. He produced set designs for theatre, and stylized furniture designs.

Mehoffer received international acclaim for his stained glass windows in the Gothic St Nicholas Collegiate Church in Fribourg, Switzerland produced in 1895–1936. His other stained glass designs include the Radziwill Chapel in Balice (1892), Grauer Chapel in Opava (1901), church in Jutrosin (1902), Holy Cross Chapel at Wawel (1904), sepulchral chapel in Goluchów (1906), Orgelmeister Chapel in Vienna (1910), cathedral in Wloclawek (1935–40), cathedral in Przemysl (1940) and church in Debniki near Kraków (1943). There are stained glass designed by Mehoffer in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Turek; in the same church there are also mural paintings made by Mehoffer.

Mehoffer explored various media further throughout his career to include a range of applied arts in his projects. He manufactured a multiplicity of book covers, ornaments and posters. Mehoffer - aside from his versatility in studio art - became known for his frescoes often reminiscent of medieval art. He frequently collaborated with Stanisław Wyspiański and Jan Matejko. He died in Wadowice.

Gallery

  • Mehoffer Strange garden.jpg

    Strange Garden (1902-1903), National Museum in Warsaw

  • Józef Mehoffer - Portret żony (Na letnim mieszkaniu) 1904.jpg

    Portrait of Wife (1904), National Museum in Kraków

  • Józef Mehoffer - Słońce majowe.jpg

    Sun in May (1911)

  • Jozef Mehoffer - Witraz - MNK IV-Sz-2346 (20635).jpg

    Vita somnium breve, stained-glass, 1895, National Museum in Kraków

  • Dzieje Krzyza Sw.jpg

    Interior of the Holy Cross Chapel, Wawel

  • Cathedrale vitraux mehoffer victoire entier.jpg

    Stained-glass in Fribourg Cathedral

  • Cathedral Fribourg vitrail Dreikönig 01.jpg

    Window of the Three Magi in Fribourg, Switzerland

  • Cathedral Fribourg vitrail Maertyrer 01.jpg

    Window of martyrs in Fribourg, Switzerland

  • 100 złotych, 1934, issued by Bank of Poland

  • Ołtarz kościoła Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Turku.jpg

    Cathedral in Turek

See also

References

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