Brief Biography-Maurycy Gottlieb was born in Drohobycz, Austrian Poland in 1856. In 1869, he was a student of Michał Godlewski in Lviv and entered the Vienna Academy of Arts in 1871. In Kraków, Gottlieb studied under Jan Matejkoin 1873 and became acquainted with the inspirational symbolist painter Jacek Malczewski. He finished his studies in Vienna and Munich. Gottlieb painted historical and religious themes. In Rome in 1878, he became friends with Henryk Siemiradzki, who influenced him; however, after meeting his old master Matejko, he returned to Kraków on his advice to undertake a commission. Sadly, he died shortly after arriving in Kraków. His much younger brother Leopold, born after his death, also became a successful painter.