Legion of Honour and a gold medal at the Paris World's Fair for the painting Flower Vase. In 1876–1879 Siemiradzki worked on frescoes for the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Moscow) among his other large-scale projects. In 1879 he offered one of his best-known works, the enormous Pochodnie Nerona (Nero's torches), painted around 1876, to the newly formed Polish National Museum. The artwork is on display at the Siemiradzki Room of the Sukiennice Museum in the Kraków Old Town, the most popular branch of the museum. Around 1893 Siemiradzki worked on two large paintings for the State Historical Museum (Moscow) and in 1894 produced his monumental curtain for the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków. He died in Strzałków in 1902 and was buried originally in Warsaw, but later his remains were moved to the national Pantheon on Skałka in Kraków. Siemiradzki modern arts gallery The modern arts gallery at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Kharkiv, is named after Siemiradzki. Siemiradzki's monumental paintings Siemiradzki's large-scale canvasses, including The Sword Dance'' influenced by the French Académie des Beaux-Arts, are on display at the national museums of Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; notably, at the Sukiennice Museum, the National Museum, Poznań, Lviv National Art Gallery, Tretyakov Gallery, and others. See also List of Polish painters Notes and references External links Online gallery of Semiradsky paintings Works and Bio Bio 1843 births 1902 deaths People from Kharkiv Oblast People from Kharkov Governorate People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Academic art National University of Kharkiv alumni Recipients of the Legion of Honour Expatriates from the Russian Empire in Italy Polish male painters