Teodora Matejko

Teodora Matejko (Matejkowa) née Giebułtowska (1846 – 25 August 1896, was the wife of Poland's national painter Jan Matejko; daughter of Antoni Giebułtowski and Paulina Sikorska. For many years, Teodora served as the live model for her husband's portrayals of notable women from Polish history.

Teodora Matejko in wedding dress, painting by Jan Matejko

Life

Teodora was a member of the Giebułtowski family of retailers from Nowy Wiśnicz,[1] friends of the family of her future husband. On 21 November 1864 she married painter Jan Matejko, future Rector of the Fine Arts Academy, whom she knew already from childhood. After the wedding, they settled in downtown Kraków, where she gave birth to five children: Tadeusz, Helena, Beata, Jerzy and Regina (died in infancy).[2]

Soon after the move, Matejkowa was diagnose with diabetes, and in her later years mental disorder for which she was briefly hospitalized twice.

Notes and references
  1. Jan Stępień. "Mały domek w ogródku (Little house in a garden)". Pejzaże regionalne (in Polish). Radio Kraków, Małopolska. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. "Jan Matejko profuile" (in Polish). Dzieje Krakowa.pl. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

Sources
  • Ciciora–Czwórnóg B., Jan Matejko, Kolekcja Muzeum Narodowego w Krakowie, Olszanica 2005, ISBN 83-89747-16-2, ss. 5–8.
  • Serafińska S., Jan Matejko. Wspomnienia rodzinne, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1958.
  • Szypowska M., Jan Matejko wszystkim znany, Zarząd Krajowy Związku Młodzieży Wiejskiej, ISBN 83-00-02435-2, Warszawa 1988.
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