The Academy and the Munich School Florian Stanisław Cynk spent his formative years moving between the studios of Kraków, Dresden, and Munich. He began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Wojciech Stattler and Władysław Łuszczkiewicz. These early years provided a foundation that he later expanded upon while attending the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, under Hermann Anschütz. His time in Munich, specifically between 1863 and 1867, placed him within the circle of the Munich School. His brushwork followed a smooth, classicist academic style.…