Visual art
Stanisław Wyspiański
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Burial place
Crypt of Merit at Skałka
The resting place of 13 notable Polish cultural figures.
Created here
Czynciel House and the Lost Na Barszczowem Studio
He used the former house at this address as his studio and wrote several major plays here, including The Wedding.
Created here
Former Paon Café Site
He contributed drawings and pastels to Paon’s walls and enormous communal canvas.
Studied here
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
Wyspiański trained at the Kraków School of Fine Arts before later joining its teaching staff.
Lived here
Józef Mehoffer House
Wyspiański was born in this house on January 15, 1869.
Created here
Kraków Medical Society House
He designed the building’s coordinated interiors, furnishings and Apollo stained-glass window in 1904–1905.
Created here
Kraków Stained Glass Workshop and Museum
His stained-glass designs were executed in collaboration with the Żeleński workshop.
Performed here
Pareński Palace
He read his new drama The Wedding in the Pareński salon shortly before its 1901 premiere.
Created here
Rydlówka
He turned the wedding and its guests into the characters and setting of his drama The Wedding.
Created here
Wyspiański 2000 Pavilion
The pavilion’s principal windows realize his previously unexecuted designs for Wawel Cathedral.
Lived here
Wyspiański’s Poselska Street Studio
He lived on the second floor and maintained a densely packed working studio in one of the apartment’s rooms.
Lived here
Wyspiański’s Sapphire Studio
He lived and worked here with his wife and children from 1901 until 1906.
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