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Unlike many Polish modernist nocturnes, Władysław Podkowiński’s unfinished final painting goes beyond realist conventions. Marsz Żałobny Chopina (editor’s translation: Chopin’s Funeral March) is the ...

What is art? Painter Marc Chagall said: “Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers — and never succeeding.” American author Saul Bellow said: “Art has something to do with the ...

No one made funeral music quite like Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer born 200 years ago Monday. Chances are, you've heard snippets of his... Chopin's Iconic Funeral March Chopin's Iconic Funeral ...