The Faculty of Painting prepares students for individ‐ ual work in easel and architectural painting as well as stage design. Besides core subjects such as visual effects and structures, painting technology, anatomy and perspective, the curriculum covers supplementary instruction for speciali‐ sations, e.g. sculpture, integration of painting, architecture and urban spaces, lettering, graphic art, mural painting, and also a range of general subjects including history of art and culture, philosophy, sociology of culture, theory of art, foreign languages, physical education, as well as the thesis seminar and general sem‐ inar. Every year, the Faculty organises plein‐air painting sessions in Zakopane in the Tatra Mountains, where the Academy has a house. The Faculty boasts a large number of distinguished students who have graduated to become artists famous in Poland and worldwide.

The success story began with the founder Jan Matejko and his students: painter, poet and dramatist Stanisław Wyspiański, Józef Mehoffer, and Jacek Malczewski. Distinguished 20th‐century graduates included Louis Marcousis, Moise Kisling, Tadeusz Makowski, painter and dramatist Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (known as Witkacy), Jerzy Nowo‐ sielski, Oscar‐awarded film director Andrzej Wajda, painter and theatre creator Tadeusz Kantor, and painter Jan Szancenbach. The curricula of the Academy’s Faculty of Painting undergo constant evolution and transformations. Currently three types of study programmes are offered: full‐time master’s degree studies and extramural bachelor’s degree and complementary master’s degree studies in Painting, while Stage Design, and Artistic Edu‐ cation only as a two‐cycle education. The Department of Paint‐ ing has seven studios in operation, the Department of Drawing runs seven studios, and the Interdisciplinary Department has four. Furthermore, Painting comprises four extramural painting and drawing studios.

Stage Design and Artistic Education follow 20 Part of the 2013 year-end exhibition in the Painting Studio VI a separate curriculum based on practical activity in the paint‐ ing and drawing studios, and an extended scope of specialist and theoretical subjects unique for the given degree programme. Moreover, the Faculty of Painting offers postgraduate studies and a Teacher Training Section. Teaching at the Faculty is based on an extensive range of artistic traditions. First‐year students work solely with rigorous nature studies. In the following years, the varied teaching programmes of individual studios give stu‐ dents the opportunity to work in highly diverse conventions and styles. Moreover, students can choose specialist studios, such as Artistic Textiles.

The profile of the Faculty of Painting is as far from monolithic as it can be: its curricula are highly differenti‐ ated to support the creative and individual development of all its students. 21 Faculty of painting