Jan Styka

Jan Styka (April 8, 1858 - April 11, 1925) was a Polish-born painter noted for producing large historical and Christian religion panoramas.

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Styka attended school in his native Lwów then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria following which he took up residence in Italy for a short time before moving to France where the great art movements at Montmartre and Montparnasse were taking shape and where he would spend a large part of his life.

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Among Styka's important works is the large scene of Saint Peter preaching the Gospel in the Catacombs (seen here) painted in Paris in 1902. His renowned panoramas include "Bem in Siedmiogrod" (1897), "The Martydrom of Christians in Nero's Circus" (1897), and at the Wroc?aw Branch of the National Museum of Poland is the monumental collaboration "The Battle of Raclawice" painted in 1894.

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In 1910, Jan Styka painted a portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski which is now at the National Museum of Poland in Poznan. Previously, near the end of the 19th Century, Paderewski had commissioned Styka to paint what would become his most famous work internationally. Known as "The Crucifixion," it is an enormous panorama standing 60 m long by 14 m in height. Acquired by American businessman Hubert Eaton, it is on display in the Hall of the Crucifixion at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Jan Styka died in 1925 and was buried in Rome. However, in 1959 Hubert Eaton arranged with Styka's family for his remains to be brought to the United States for interment in the "Hall of Honor" at Forest Lawn cemetery.

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Sons Tadeusz "Tade" Styka (1889-1954) and Adam Styka (1890-1959) were both painters.

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Jan Styka related Images and Photos (experimental)

Jan Sterling	Jan-Michael Vincent	"Skiing Woman " Jan/Feb 84	1984 Jan Sterling Edmond O'Brien 1956
Jan Van Riebeeck Lands in Table Bay Where He Founds Cape Town	The Martyrdom of Jan Hus	The Brady Bunch 'Real Jan Brady' T-Shirt - Yellow	The Brady Bunch 'Real Jan Brady' T-Shirt - Yellow
Boris Mark and Jan Hambourg Russian-Born Musicians	The Landing of Jan Van Riebeeck (1619-77) 6th April 1652 1850	Portrait of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 1624	Portrait of Jan Both Engraved by Johannes Meyssens