Artur Markowicz (1872 – 1934)[1] was a Jewish realist painter and graphic artist born in Podgórze district of Kraków (Cracow), Poland.

He is best known for his numerous pastels of street scenes in the historic Jewish town of Kazimierz – now one of the largest central districts of Kraków.

[3] He was born to a family of merchants and began his higher education with technical studies, but soon abandoned them, studying instead with professors Leopold Loeffler, Florian Cynk and Jan Matejko at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts in 1886–1895.

[4] Markowicz returned to Kraków in 1904 and set up a studio in the historic district of Kazimierz.

His Jewish scenes and character-studies show a unique originality of his style influenced by symbolism with elements of expressionism.