Jerzy Kossak
Jerzy Maciej Kossak was a Polish realist painter specializing in military scenes. He was the son of painter Wojciech Kossak and grandson of painter Juliusz Kossak, a third-generation artist from a well-known and sought after family of painters, writers and poets.
Artist
Jerzy Kossak was a prolific painter of mostly historic scenes featuring the famed Polish Uhlans on horses, usually sold on the spot, but also used for barter at times of the postwar economic slump, until his death before the end of Stalinism in Poland. His paintings, along with those of his ancestors, remain among the best-selling at Polish art auctions.Personal life
Jerzy Kossak was a brother of the poet Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and of the novelist Magdalena Samozwaniec, as well as the father of biologist Simona Kossak and of painter Gloria Kossak. He resided at the historic family manor called "Kossakówka", in metropolitan Kraków.He was married twice, first to Ewa Kossakowa, by whom he had two daughters,, and then to Elżbieta Dzięciołowska-Śmiałowska, who was the mother of Simona and Gloria.