Transylvania Panorama



The Transylvanian Panorama (Polish: Panorama Siedmiogrodzka) other names Bem and Petöfi, Bem on Transylvania, Battle of Sibiu- was a monumental (15 × 100 metre) panoramic painting depicting the Battle of Sibiu, during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

History
The idea came from the Hungarians who wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848. It was painted by many painters under the direction of Jan Styka in the Lwów (Lviv) rotunda, located in Stryjski Park, the same place where the Racławice Panorama was painted. The project was finished in September 1897 by painters of three nations:


 * Hungarian: Tihamér Margitay, Pál Vágó and Bela Spanyi,
 * Polish: Tadeusz Popiel, Zygmunt Rozwadowski, Michał Wywiórski,
 * and the German painter Leopold Schonchen.

The painting was exhibited in Lwow, Budapest and Warsaw. It was cut into 100 pieces but only 31 of them now survive. Twenty fragments currently are located in a few Polish museums in Tarnów, Warsaw, Krosno and Łęczyca. Another 11 pieces are in private collections in Poland and abroad.

The battle of Sibiu was fought on March 11, 1849 between the Hungarian Transylvanian Army led by the Polish general Józef Bem and the coalition of Austrian and Russian armies commanded by Generals Puchner and Skariatin.