In 2002, the National Bank of Poland launched the issue of the series "Polish Painters of the XIX/XX century", the aim of which is to present the profiles of the most outstanding Polish painters who created at the turn of the XIX and XX century. The following coins were issued in the series: in 2002: Jan Matejko (1838-1893) in 2003: Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929) in 2004: Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907) in 2005: Tadeusz Makowski (1882-1932) in 2006: Aleksander Gierymski (1850-1901) in 2007: Leon Wyczółkowski (1852-1936) in 2009: Władysław Strzemiński (1893-1952) in 2010: Arthur Grottger (1837-1867) in 2011: Zofia Stryjeńska (1891-1976) in 2012: Piotr Michałowski (1800-1855) in 2014: Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914) in 2015: Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915) in 2016: Olga Boznańska (1865-1940) Jan Alojzy Matejko was a Polish painter, creator of historical and battlefield paintings. He was the author of over three hundred oil paintings and several hundred drawings and sketches. He is considered to be one of the most outstanding Polish painters in history. In 1852-1858 he studied with Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Wojciech Stattler at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków, of which he was later the director (from 1873). His pupils included Maurycy Gottlieb, Jacek Malczewski, Józef Mehoffer and Stanisław Wyspiański.