Józef Unierzyski

From 1891, he served as a Professor of drawing at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.

He began his studies at the School of Drawing in Warsaw, with Wojciech Gerson and Aleksander Kamiński [pl].

Thanks to a scholarship from the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts [pl], granted in 1883, he was able to continue his studies in Munich and Italy, where he attended the "Scuola libera" and the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.

His most familiar painting, "Zdjęcie z krzyża" (picture or photograph with the Cross, a post-crucifixion scene), from 1887, is on display at the National Museum, Kraków.

Several locations have his religious murals, notably including a Marian Cycle of six panels at St. Mary's Church, Katowice.