Amazing Paintings by Leon Wyczółkowski From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Leon Wyczółkowski (1852–1936) was a prominent Polish painter, graphic artist, and educator, celebrated for his contributions to the Young Poland movement and Polish Realism. Born in Huta Miastowska near Garwolin, he studied under notable artists such as Wojciech Gerson, Jan Matejko, and Aleksander Wagner in Munich.

Wyczółkowski’s artistic evolution encompassed Realism, Impressionism, and Symbolism. His works often depicted dramatic landscapes, nudes, and pastoral scenes, characterized by impasto techniques and impressionist lighting effects. He also explored oriental themes and was renowned for his still lifes, particularly floral arrangements.

A founding member of the Society of Polish Artists “Sztuka” in 1897, Wyczółkowski served as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków from 1895 to 1911 and at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts from 1934 until his death in 1936 . His legacy is preserved in major Polish institutions, including the National Museums in Kraków and Warsaw, and the District Museum in Bydgoszcz, which houses over 700 of his works.​

Below is a collection of amazing paintings by Leon Wyczółkowski from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Digging Beetroots

A Game of Crocquet

Beet Harvest

Beet-Lifting

Cheerful Boys

Cracovian

Digging Beets

Feliks Jasienski

Figure of a Woman

Fisherman Carrying Crayfish

Fisherman

Fisherman

Fishermen

Fishermen

Girls Picking Flowers in the Meadow

In the Boudoir

Irena Solska

Japonka

Knight Among Flowers

Old Woman in a Cap

Plowing in the Ukraine

Portrait of a Lady with a Lace Jabot

Portrait of a Woman with a Rose

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Young Woman

Portrait of Józefa Krotkiewska, the Artist's Aunt

Portrait of Sophia Cybulska Sokolówskich

Reading a Letter

Scene by the Piano

Self Portrait with Konstanty Laszczka

Skyscape

Sower

Stanczyk

Study of an Italian Woman