BERGMAN, Stanisław Wojciech (1862–1930). Detail from the painting: Stanisław Oświęcim at the Body of Anna Oświęcimówna.

Detail from the painting: Stanisław Oświęcim beside the body of Anna Oświęcimówna.

Oil on canvas. Signed lower left: St. Bergman. 1888. Dimensions: 42 x 53.5 cm.
Detail from the monumental historical painting *Stanisław Oświęcim at the Body of Anna Oświęcimówna*, painted by Stanisław Bergman in 1888 and currently in the collection of the National Museum in Kraków, in the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in the Sukiennice. The fragment depicts two clergymen participating in the mourning scene. The painting was created while the artist was studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, in Jan Matejko’s composition class, and is one of the most important works in Bergman’s oeuvre. Stanisław Wojciech Bergman (1862–1930)—a Polish painter, born and died in Krosno, a student of Jan Matejko. From 1879 to 1885, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków; subsequently, from 1885 to 1887, he studied at the Munich Academy under Otto Seitz and Sandór Wagner. Upon his return to Kraków, he continued his studies in Jan Matejko’s composition class. He painted historical and religious works, portraits, genre scenes, and landscapes. Among his best-known works is the monumental composition “Stanisław Oświęcim at the Body of Anna Oświęcimówna” (1888), currently in the collection of the National Museum in Kraków.