City Scape Old Town Painting, Poland Painting, Classical Wall Decor, Canvas Print, Urban Wall buy Art, Torun City Painting, Fine Art Painting

This is a ready to hang archival canvas print. My original painting has sold. Archival paper prints are available in my Etsy Store.

The Leaning Tower of Torun was built in the 13th century in order to defend the town and is the most important landmark of the city. It was built of red brick. It looks almost magical when the sunrise rays and light reflect on the building. Here are some medieval legends associated with this tower:

• The sin of the Teutonic Knight: In the tower, there lived 12 knights of the Order of Teutonic Knights, who were forbidden to meet with women. However, one monk fell in love with the daughter of a rich merchant, and met her in secret, thus breaking the monastic rule of the Order. The residents of the town discovered this and reported them to the commander and the city authorities. Both lovers were fined, the woman was sentenced to 25 lashes, and the knight was ordered to build a tower. However, the tower had to be tilted, in the same way as his conduct had deviated from the monastic rule. To this day, legend has it that those who have sinned are not able to keep their balance under the tower.

• Origin of the name of the city: According to another legend, the tower was a friend of the river Wisła, and loved listening to interesting stories told by the river. With time, the river started getting closer to the tower and eroding its walls, and the tower started leaning. The tower pleaded with the river to not flow so close to it, because it might fall down, but the river said, "So fall down, then!". The river's cries were heard by wanderers who wondered what was the city with high walls that they could see on the horizon, and they called the city Toruń (which means "So fall down, then!", in Polish).


Artist: Kamila Kokoszynska

Painting Title: "The Leaning Tower of the Torun City"


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Kamila Kokoszynska (BFA) is an award winning fine artist that has been painting for over 25 years. She lives in Washington, DC area and works full time as a fine artist. She participated in multiple exhibitions since 2004. Her art celebrates existence, beauty and emotion. She gets her inspiration from nature by exploring it's poetry, using elements of abstract, impressionism and expressive realism. Her extensive travels to Europe combined with influences of great masters like Van Gogh, Salvador Dali and E. Monet have strongly impacted her works. Her art is collected in U.S. and Europe.


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“ I believe that there is so much more to life than the eye can see. Emotion, curiosity and constant amazement is a driving force behind my art. I want to share it with others and I want it to become their own oasis and a source of joy, serenity and inspiration.”


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