ALBUM from the Exhibition
On the castle of LANGEAIS
in the LOIRE valley, the Service des Actions Pedagaogiques of the INSTITUT
de FRANCE, has organised the exhibition :
"Un REVE de CHEVALERIE - Les NEUF PREUX "
/ "A Dream of Chivalry. The NINE WORTHIES"
- Grzegorz JAKUBOWSKI B. de WEYDENTHAL, artist, heraldic painter,
restorer of ancient paintings and author of writings on art, was invited to enrich this historical show with his contemporary creations.
- JAKUBOWSKI has painted a dyptique with a predella, inspired by the "NINE WORTHIES" ("NEUF PREUX"). The painting is on display in one of the castle's room, along with other of his creations, based on medieval and heraldic art and iconography.
- Grzegorz JAKUBOWSKI has also painted monumental "oriflammes", showing one of the Worthies (Iulius Cesar) and one of the Female Worthies (Sinope), accompagnied by their arms, The canvas were originally placed on the castle`s fasade, on both sides of the drawbridge
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Another contribution of the artist to the exhibition organised by the INSTITUT de FRANCE is the accurate,
three-dimentional realisation of eighteen shields, plaecd on the medieval frescoes, showing the heroes I NOVE PRODI in the La Manta castle in Italy.
"The NINE WORTHIES" in La
Manta :
- Biblical: - JOSHUA - JUDAS MACHABEUS - King DAWID -
- Pagans: - ALEXANDER the GREAT - HECTOR of Troya - JULIUS CAESAR -
- Christians: - GODEFROY de BOUILLON - King ARTHUR PENDRAGON -
CHARLEMAGNE -
"The NINE Female WORTHIES" : - Teuta - Lampeto - Etiope -
Penthesilee - Deipyle - Sinope -
Sémiramis - Hyppolite - Tomyris -
+ LANGEAIS & Heraldyka
Francais
Polski
"Les NEUF PREUX" - "Die NEUN HELDEN" - "I NOVE PRODI" - "the NINE WORTHIES" -
- Bibliques: - Josue - Juda Macabée - roi David -
- Payens: - Alexandre le Grand - Héctor de Troye - Jules Cesar -
- Chrétiens: - Godefroy de Bouillon - Artur Pendragon - Charlemagne -
"The NINE WORTHIES" :
- Biblical: - JOSHUA - JUDAS MACHABEUS - King DAWID -
- Pagans: - ALEXANDER the GREAT - HECTOR of Troya - JULIUS CAESAR -
- Christians: - GODEFROY de BOUILLON - King ARTHUR PENDRAGON -
CHARLEMAGNE -
"BOHATEROWIE SWIATA" :
- Biblijni: - JOZUE - JUDA MACHABEUSZ - krol DAWID -
- Poganie: - ALEXANDER MACEDONSKI - HEKTOR z Troji - JULIUSZ CEZAR -
- Chrzescjanie: - GODEFROY de BOUILLON -Krol ARTUR PENDRAGON - KAROL
WIELKI -
G.JAKUBOWSKI's exhibition concomitant with :
" Un REVE de CHEVALERIE - Les NEUF-PREUX "
chateau de LANGEAIS - Institut de France
22 III-3 I. 2004
The Nine Worthies I, oil, 100x100 cm / 40"x40"
The Nine Worthies II, oil, 50x100 cm / 20"x40"
The Nine Worthies III, oil, 50x100 cm / 20"x40"
Grzegorz JAKUBOWSKI studied
Architecture en the Politechnika Krakowska in Cracow, Poland. After he
emigrated to France, in 1981, he entered and graduated the École
nationale supérieure des BEAUX-ARTS in Paris. Simultaneously he was
trained in the RESTORATION of paintings
in the Ateliers Saint-Gervais in Paris.
His paintings were EXHIBITED all around Europe, and also in the
USA, often in historical buildings : Chateau Stanislas in
Luneville, Chapelle Saint-Jean in Saumur, Haras National of Tarbes,
Musée Vivant du Cheval in Chantilly, Saint-Auvent Castle, Lubomirski
Museum in the National Institution Ossolineum in Wroclaw, Espace
Benezet in Avignon, Royal Castle in Niepolomice, Poland, ...
He also participated in ORGANISATION, or was the AUTHOR of many
exhibitions and cultural events in France, in Poland and in
the USA, mainly in the scheme of the
Polish Historical and Litterary Society in the BIBLIOTEQUE POLONAISE
(Biblioteka Polska) in Paris (in the Boleslas BIEGAS Museum
and in the Adam MICKIEWICZ Museum - exhibitions on Olga BOZNANSKA,
ZAWADO, Polish artists from the ECOLE de PARIS, Poles in the French
RESISTANCE), and also in the Assemblée Nationale, Saint-Auvent Castle,
National Library in Warsaw, Bibliothèque Municipale in Périgueux,
Maison du Limousin in Paris, Antoine Bourdelle Museum, National Museum
in Warsaw, Mazovian Museum in Plock, Society for Arts in Chicago, POLISH SCIENTIFIS CENTER PAN
in Paryzu, Maison du Cheval in Tarbes, Galerie des Trois
Notre-Dame w Angouleme, Chapelle Saint-Jean in Saumur, etc.
He was also a representative in
France of the Polish MUSEUM in RAPPERSWIL, Switzerland and supported
"Kwartalnik Biograficzny Polonii" of A.Judycki.
Between 1995 and 1997 he was the
author of the renaissance and chairman of the UNION des ARTISTES
POLONAIS en FRANCE - he has organised several exhibitions of the group.
- EXHIBITIONS
in 2003
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