#modrzejewska

[slavicafire]

Helena Modrzejewska as Margarete in Faust, 1869.

[patsuking]

Natalia Modrzejewska by Tomasz Zienkiewicz

[escapismsworld]

"Helena Modrzejewska"

1880

Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz

[slaviclore]

Helena Modrzejewska (1840-1909) as Ophelia in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'

from National Library / Polona

[michaelsmosey]

Aleksandra Modrzejewska

[paletapessoal]

Portrait of Helena Modrzejewska ~ Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, ca.1880. National Museum of Kraków

[venicepearl]

Helena Modrzejewska (born Jadwiga Benda; 12 October 1840 – 8 April 1909), known professionally as Helena Modjeska, was a Polish actress who specialized in Shakespearean and tragic roles. She was successful first on the Polish stage. After emigrating to the United States (and despite her poor command of English), she also succeeded on stage in America and London. She is regarded as the greatest actress in the history of theatre in Poland.

[galeriakrakow]

Helena Modrzejewska (1840-1909)

Grób na Cmentarzu Rakowickim

foto W.Oracz

[sofiaivanovna]

Helena Modrzejewska as Ophelia, (1871)

[polish-art-tournament]

sculptures* round 1 poll 19

Gambe alate by Igor Mitoraj, 2002:

propaganda: he does this huge classical inspired but fractured sculptures. i have to think about how this kind of imagery (when presented unbroken) is often used by the right to call to some mythical good old days, to make a false claim of us the civilzed people and them the barbarians - but this one is broken, and that changes it up for me.

A Slav breaking his chains by Stanisław Roman Lewandowski, 1887:

propaganda: The skill. The pose. The moustache. Just wow. Also you just look at the guy and feel like he would have such an interesting story, full of suffering mixed with determination

about the artist: Freemason, who designed medalion on Adam Mickiewicz's sarcophagus, Helena Modrzejewska's gravestone and 5zł coin from 1925, died in 1940

submitted by Dee @deesbullshitbonanza

[polishwomenartists-sztukakobiet]

Helena Modrzejewska (born Jadwiga Benda; 12 October 1840 – 8 April 1909), known professionally as Helena Modjeska, was a Polish actress who specialized in Shakespearean and tragic roles. She was successful first on the Polish stage. After emigrating to the United States (and despite her poor command of English), she also succeeded on stage in America and London. She is regarded as the greatest actress in the history of theatre in Poland. Via Wikipedia

Helena Modrzejewska, ca 1877-1890

photo by Jose Maria Mora, 707 Broadway, New York, National Museum, Warsaw

Costume Worn by Helena Modrzejewska

1860s-1900s

National Museum, Warsaw

[patsuking]

Natalia Modrzejewska by Dominika Baran

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1877-1890 Helena Modrzejewska (photo by Jose Maria Mora, 707 Broadway, New York)

(National Museum, Warsaw)

[gogmstuff]

It’s the 1870s The dress from the 1871 portrait of Princess Marie of Baden shows an early Victorian bodice with a full skirt with bustle. The photo from 1879 shows a close skirt. (from top to bottom) -

1871 Princess Marie of Baden, later Princess Ernest of Leiningen by Joseph Hartmann (Royal Collection). From Wikimedia 1327X1635.

1872 Sydney Isabella Milner-Gibson by James Tissot (location ?). From pinterest.com/paulario9fc/james-tissot/ 1152X1683.

1875 Summer by John Atkinson Grimshaw (location ?). From tumblr.com/jeannepompadour; fixed scratches & some spots w Pshop 1475X1266.

Hush! by James Tissot (location ?). From Amber Tree's photostream on flickr 2000X1422..

1878 Confidences by Joseph Scheurenberg (location ?). From tumblr.com/artthatgivesmefeelings 1570X1920.

1879 Chez le père Lathuille by Édouard Manet (location ?). From tumblr.com/beautifulcentury 939X768.

ca. 1877-1890 Helena Modrzejewska (photo by Jose Maria Mora). From tumblr.com/fashionsfromthepast; fixed cracks w Pshop 1028X1756.

[weekendsketchers]

Streaming our sketch session! Today's theme: Polish Actors in photos from the 19th and early 20th century! Come join us to draw, for example, Helena Modrzejewska and Anastazy Trapszo:

[ilhoonftw]

Sry if this is weird since we arent mutuals but i thought your post re: rare polish surnames outside poland was cool!! (Bc it applies to me almost exactly 😭)

Im i think 4th gen immigrant (my paternal grandpa was born in US but idk any further back) and our last name is very uncommon, afaik the only people in the states who have it are related to me! I have distant relatives who have tried to do family trees and research but idk much about it so im not sure if the spelling or name itself got changed when my ancestors immigrated. Anyways i just wanted to mention that and i hope you have a good day!

omg this is so nice 💜

if you're 4th gen then your ancestors migrated during the 1800s at eeeaaarliest and back then mamy people had their surname changed. either by choice or by immigration officials. like helena modrzejewska (famous actress) changed hers by choice to modjeska, she migrated around 1870. i noticed changing rz to just r is rather common, i guess americans can't handle the z's 😭 it even happened in my family, they only removed that pesky z, they migrated around 1960s. migration happened in waves, like after november uprising or world wars. or when people from certain region migrated en masse. there's a very fascinating liguistic phenomenon of gwara (regional dialect) being preserved in migrant communities outside poland. gwara that's almost extinct in poland but the families of people who moved 100 years ago kept using it. like the poles who live in south america who speak in gwara pienińska because their ancestors was part of the highlander(for lack of better word) migration wave in 1800s.

part of my family went to usa around 1890s and they just had the ę ą ń letters removed. lots of foreign surnames would get polonized. when some kings would comission some foreigners to do arts and they stayed here. i know bunch of people in my family were foreigners that either had polonized surname or men took their father in law's surname (not rare especially in rural areas back in the dat). it's kinda fascinating to notice the changes, history and trying to reverse engineer. there's also the whole thing with dating the surnames that don't have the cki ski ending. or whole subgroup of "profession" surnames, including subsubgroups of surnames given to people who had the same job (like executioner or baker)

there are sites like https://nazwiska.ijp.pan.pl/ that serve as dictionary and also have extra stats like how many people use it and what's the earliest mention. some surnames date back to 1200s which is craaazy. mine isn't "that" old, only 1500s lmao. you can look up yours maybe it didn't change that much 🤔