Józef Mehoffer

Polish artist (1869–1946)

Person human Q1354695

Facts

31 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[33]
Date of birth: March 19, 1869
Date of death: July 7, 1946, July 8, 1946^[10]
Place of birth: Ropczyce
Place of death: Kraków
Country of citizenship: Austria–Hungary, Poland^[13]^[14]
Occupation: painter, stained-glass artist, decorator, graphic artist, teacher, artist^[15]
Position held: rector^[16]
Educated at: Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School, Académie Colarossi^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
Religion or worldview: Catholicism^[32]
Award received: Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta^[28]^[29]^[30]
Spouse: Jadwiga Mehoffer^[12]
Genre: portrait, Art Nouveau, historicism^[36]^[37]^[38]
Official website: www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl^[41]
Work location: Vienna, Paris, Kraków, Fribourg^[42]^[43]^[44]^[45]
Student of: Jan Matejko^[46]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Polish, French^[49]^[50]
Artist files at: Frick Art Research Library, SIKART
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired
Described by source: Polish Biographical Dictionary, Die Glasmalereien von Józef Mehoffer in der Kathedrale St. Nikolaus in Freiburg i. Üe.^[47]^[48]
Family name: Mehoffer^[39]
Given name: Józef^[40]
Has works in the collection: Belvedere, National Museum in Poznań, Museum of Art in Łódź, National Museum in Kraków, Kunsthistorisches Museum, National Museum in Warsaw, Fribourg Cathedral, Silesian Museum in Katowice, National Museum in Wrocław, National Museum in Szczecin, Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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Member of: Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka"^[31]
Movement: Symbolism, Art Nouveau^[34]^[35]
Name in native language: Józef Mehoffer
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library
P14974: 12668
Place of burial: Rakowicki Cemetery^[11]
Student: Alfred Krupa, Wojciech Jastrzębowski, Jan Cybis, Mykola Anastaziyevskyi, Maria Harasowska-Daczyszyn, Mieczysław Kościelniak, Wiktor Zbigniew Langner^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

en Jozef Mehoffer en I︠U︡zef Mekhoffer en Josef Mehoffer en Joseph Mehoffer de Jozef Mehoffer de Jósef Mehoffer de Mehoffer de Josef Mehoffer de Joseph Mehoffer de Joseph Wilhelm Chevalier de Mehoffer el Γιούζεφ Μεχόφερ es Józef Wilhelm Mehoffer es Jozef Mehoffer fr Jozef Mehoffer he יוזף מהופר it Jozef Mehoffer it Mehoffer ja ユゼフ・メホフェル ko 유제프 메호페르 nl Jozef Mehoffer

🔖 Identifiers · 73

ISNI: 0000000110346126
VIAF cluster ID: 122128
Library of Congress authority ID: n82117724
GND ID: 119273985
AbART person ID: 60459
Artcyclopedia artist ID: mehoffer_jozef
Artist-info artist ID: 279328
Artists of the World ID: 00186865
Artnet artist ID: jósef-mehoffer
AskArt person ID: 11053644
Athenaeum person ID: 4417
Austrian Biographical Encyclopedia ID: M/Mehoffer_Jozef_1869_1946

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Belvedere artist ID: 1402
Benezit ID: B00120093
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12537247t
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: mehoffer-jozef
CONOR.SI ID: 58269539
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11330419
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266746720128
DDB person (GND) ID: 119273985
DFK Paris person ID: 0002450342
Described at URL: artyzm.com
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119273985
DoME artist ID: 600
Europeana entity: agent/base/51104
FAST ID: 98275
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_119273985
Find a Grave memorial ID: 178645320
Freebase ID: /m/02766tk
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID: 991005107949707141
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000015758090628
Grove Art Online ID: T056537
HDS ID: 041125
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 39909
IdRef ID: 03457686X
Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID: jozef-mehoffer-malarz-wiesz, jozef-mehoffer-1869-1946-malarz-wiesz
Invaluable.com person ID: fstbjxy4tr
IxTheo authority ID: 080079067
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 119273985
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID: 125666
MutualArt artist ID: B2CCC555A02DE1CA
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA14720926
NL CR AUT ID: xx0076110
NUKAT ID: n96202540
National Library of Brazil ID: 000501605
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007271822805171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000119210
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:V*8664;=BK
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810618931105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070763976
Obálky knih ID: xx0076110
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3939346
Open Library ID: OL5146218A, OL1945363A
PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis person ID: 99848
Pushkin Museum artist ID: 16009555
RERO ID (legacy): A006388884
RKDartists ID: 54876
Reg-Arts artist ID: 3.1882
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID: 75746
Roglo person ID: p=jozef;n=mehoffer
SBN author ID: MODV301560
SIK-ISEA person ID: 4025937
SIKART person ID: 4025937
Sejm-Wielki.pl profile ID: psb.17541.1
Treccani ID: jozef-mehoffer
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: jozef-mehoffer
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500019125
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/257082
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: jozef-mehoffer
Watercolour World artist ID: józef-mehoffer
WikiArt ID: jozef-mehoffer
WikiTree person ID: Mehoffer-1
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJxGWvTGFjmTK98tBQCJDq

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🔗 Connections

Has works in the collection 11

Kunsthistorisches Museum, National Museum in Warsaw, Belvedere, National Museum in Kraków, National Museum in Wrocław, Fribourg Cathedral, National Museum in Poznań, Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery +3 more

Students 6

Roman Selsky, Jan Cybis, Władysław Jarocki, Alfred Krupa, Marcin Kitz, Wojciech Jastrzębowski

Occupation 4

teacher, painter, graphic artist, stained-glass artist

Work location 4

Paris, Vienna, Kraków, Fribourg

Educated at 3

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Académie Colarossi, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow

Genre 3

Art Nouveau, portrait, historicism

Student 3

Jan Cybis, Alfred Krupa, Wojciech Jastrzębowski

Country of citizenship 2

Poland, Austria–Hungary

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

French, Polish

Movement 2

Art Nouveau, Symbolism

Artist files at 1

SIKART

Award received 1

Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature

Described by source 1

Polish Biographical Dictionary

Given name 1

Józef

Instance of 1

human

Member of 1

Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka"

Place of birth 1

Ropczyce

Place of burial 1

Rakowicki Cemetery

Place of death 1

Kraków

Position held 1

rector

Religion or worldview 1

Catholicism

Sex or gender 1

male

Student of 1

Jan Matejko

Teachers 1

Jan Matejko

← Significant person 1

stained glass

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Summary

Józef Mehoffer was born on March 19, 1869^[1], in Ropczyce^[2]. He died on July 7, 1946^[3], in Kraków^[4]. He worked as a painter^[5], stained-glass artist^[6], decorator^[7], graphic artist^[8], and teacher^[9].

FAQs

Where was Józef Mehoffer born?

Józef Mehoffer was born in Ropczyce^[2].

Where did Józef Mehoffer die?

Józef Mehoffer died in Kraków^[4].

Who was Józef Mehoffer married to?

Józef Mehoffer's spouses include Jadwiga Mehoffer^[12].

What did Józef Mehoffer do for work?

Józef Mehoffer worked as a painter^[5], stained-glass artist^[6], decorator^[7], graphic artist^[8], and teacher^[9].

Where did Józef Mehoffer go to school?

Józef Mehoffer was educated at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow^[17], Academy of Fine Arts Vienna^[18], Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School^[19], and Académie Colarossi^[20].

What awards did Józef Mehoffer receive?

Honors received include Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature^[28], Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta^[29], and Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta^[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — place of birth (P19): Ropczyce. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — place of death (P20): Kraków. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — spouse (P26): Jadwiga Mehoffer. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — country of citizenship (P27): Austria–Hungary. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — country of citizenship (P27): Poland. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — position held (P39): rector. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — educated at (P69): Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — educated at (P69): Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — educated at (P69): Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — educated at (P69): Académie Colarossi. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — occupation (P106): painter. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — occupation (P106): stained-glass artist. SIKART. Retrieved 2021-12-11. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — occupation (P106): decorator. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — occupation (P106): graphic artist. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — occupation (P106): teacher. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — occupation (P106): artist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — place of burial (P119): Rakowicki Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — movement (P135): Symbolism. RKDartists. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — movement (P135): Art Nouveau. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — genre (P136): portrait. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — genre (P136): Art Nouveau. Die Kathedrale St. Nikolaus in Freiburg (Publikation). wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — genre (P136): Historicism. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — religion or worldview (P140): Catholicism. Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved 2026-02-24. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — award received (P166): Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — award received (P166): Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Retrieved 2021-03-09. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — award received (P166): Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Retrieved 2021-03-11. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — member of (P463): Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka". wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — date of birth (P569): March 19, 1869. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-06. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — date of death (P570): July 7, 1946. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-06. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — date of death (P570): July 8, 1946. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2019-12-13. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — family name (P734): Mehoffer. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — given name (P735): Józef. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — student (P802): Alfred Krupa. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — student (P802): Wojciech Jastrzębowski. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — student (P802): Jan Cybis. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — student (P802): Mykola Anastaziyevskyi. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — student (P802): Maria Harasowska-Daczyszyn. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — student (P802): Mieczysław Kościelniak. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — student (P802): Wiktor Zbigniew Langner. szarlatan.pl. szarlatan.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — official website (P856): http://www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl/Mehoffer/Index.htm. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — work location (P937): Vienna. RKDartists. Retrieved 2018-03-02. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — work location (P937): Paris. RKDartists. Retrieved 2018-03-02. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — work location (P937): Kraków. RKDartists. Retrieved 2018-03-02. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — work location (P937): Fribourg. Die Glasmalereien von Józef Mehoffer in der Kathedrale St. Nikolaus in Freiburg i. Üe.. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — student of (P1066): Jan Matejko. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — described by source (P1343): Polish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — described by source (P1343): Die Glasmalereien von Józef Mehoffer in der Kathedrale St. Nikolaus in Freiburg i. Üe.. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Polish. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ Józef Mehoffer — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. wikidata.org.

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