Malczewski搬到了克拉科夫 17岁，并于1872年开始了他的艺术教育莱昂皮卡德的注视下。他出席了在车间他的第一个艺术课瓦迪斯瓦夫Łuszczkiewicz在美术学院。一年后，在1873年，通过重新评估马泰伊科自己，Malczewski正式就读于学校，并与Łuszczkiewicz，费利克斯Szynalewski并研究弗洛里安Cynk。1876年，他去了巴黎，法国和学习了一年在巴黎高等美术学院，在工作室亨利·莱曼。他还参加了的Académie瑞士。
Malczewski开始了他与马泰伊科已经硕士研究生于1875年着手去法国旅行之前，完成了他们在1879年他从国外回来后返回分区波兰。尽管他们之间有相当大的差异审美，Malczewski大受马泰伊科的充满历史画影响的新浪漫主义的比喻和爱国主题。1879年，完成Malczewski下马泰伊科上组成一个硕士课程。[4]他是与以前的波兰浪漫主义画家的戏剧艺术留下深刻印象阿图尔Grottger。他的绘画围绕着几个精心挑选的主题，不断重述并扩大到神话充满了民族的符号。他自己的想象惊醒启用Malczewski释放在广告中的声音和产生新的审美观念定义象征波兰的学校。

在1885年和1916年之间的30年中，Malczewski定期访问巴黎，慕尼黑和维也纳。他数次前往意大利，希腊和土耳其。他还参加了由他的朋友举办的考古探险卡罗尔Lanckoroński，记录他们的科学发现与他的详细研究。他把他的灵感来自各种来源往往充满异国情调，甚至圣经，却在不经意间，翻译它们放回在自己的绘画波兰民间传说，传统和动机。[2]他最著名的画布包括“Błędne科洛”（疯狂圈，1895年至1897年），“忧郁症”（1890至1894年），“Natchnienie malarza”（画家的缪斯，1897），“Wizja”（A愿景1912 ），系列达纳托斯以及Bajki（童话），和几个显着的其他人。他的许多画作的重点突出在精心制作的服装了自己的自画像; 他的风格商标往往显示的幽默很有成就感。

在1897年至1900年以及1912年至1921年Malczewski担任教授美术的克拉科夫学院。1912年学院的他被选为校长[6]他的作品相比已经是法国古斯塔夫·莫罗，瑞士阿诺德·勃克林，甚至西班牙的萨尔瓦多·达利。他的作品在国际展览获得了极高的荣誉，包括柏林在1891年，慕尼黑于1892年，和巴黎在1900年 Malczewski结婚玛丽亚姓 Garlewska并有一个儿子，拉法尔Malczewski出生于1892年，也是画家，谁卖他父亲的作品，在他身上的国家博物馆在华沙二战前，后来在蒙特利尔定居。据认为，在Malczewski的画裸体众多研究的课题，玛丽亚·巴尔（Balowa）姓 Brunicka，也是他的长期情人。他失去了他的眼光对他生命的结束和克拉科夫去世10月8日，1929年他被安葬在Skałka，波兰的国家万神殿

Malczewski moved to Krakow at the age of 17, and in 1872 began his art education under Leon Pickard's gaze. He attended the workshop in his first art class at the Academy of Fine Arts uszczkiewicz the L. A year later, in 1873, through the re evaluation of Matejko himself, Malczewski officially enrolled in the school, and l uszczkiewicz, Felix Szynalewski and Florian Cynk research. In 1876, he went to Paris, France and studied for a year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, in studio Henry Lyman. He also took part in the Acad l Mie switzerland.
Malczewski began his trip to Poland with Matejko, who had been a master's degree in 1875 before traveling to France and completed his return from abroad in 1879. Despite the considerable difference between them, Malczewski has been greatly influenced by Matejko's new romantic metaphor and patriotic theme, which is full of historical paintings. In 1879, Malczewski completed Taiyike dismount to form a master course. [4] he was impressed with the dramatic art of former Poland romantic painters Artur Grottger. His paintings revolve around a few carefully selected themes that are constantly retold and expanded to the myth of a nation full of symbols. His own imagination was awakened by the opening of the Malczewski to release the sounds in the ad and to produce a new aesthetic concept to define the symbol of Poland's school.During the 30 years between 1885 and 1916, Malczewski visited Paris, Munich and Vienna on a regular basis. He traveled several times to Italy, Greece and Turkey. He also attended by his friend Carol Lanckoro ski archaeological exploration, scientific discovery and record them with his studies. He took his inspiration from a variety of sources that are often exotic, even the Bible, but inadvertently, translating them back in their own paintings of Poland folklore, tradition and motivation. [2] his most famous canvases include "B dne" "(crazy circle, from 1895 to 1897)," melancholia "(1890 to 1894), the" Natchnienie malarza "(the painter Mousika, 1897)," Wizja "(A vision 1912), series thanathos and Bajki (fairy tale), other people and several significant. Many of his paintings focus on the elaborate costume of his own self portrait; his trademark style often shows a sense of humor and a sense of accomplishment.
From 1897 to 1900 as well as from Malczewski to in 1912 as professor of Fine Arts in Krakow. In 1912, he was elected president [6] Gustav Moro of France has been compared to his works, the Swiss Arnold Bocklin, even Spain's Salvatore daly. His works received high honors in international exhibitions, including Berlin in 1891, Munich in 1892 and Paris in 1900, Malczewski married Maria and had a son named Garlewska, La Farge Malczewski was born on 1892, is also a painter, who sold his father's works on him of the National Museum in Warsaw before World War II, later on settle in Montreal. It is believed that in Malczewski's painting nude many research topics, Maria Barr (Balowa) surname Brunicka, is also his long-term lover. He lost his eye to the end of his life and died in Krakow in October 8th 1929, he was buried in the Ska Ka, Poland national Pantheon