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Jan Chełmiński
Jan Chełmiński, also known as Jan van Chelminski, born Jan Władysław Chełmiński (Brzustów, Łódź Voivodeship, Brzustów, 27 January 1851 – 1925), was a Polish painter. Life Chełmiński entered the Munich Academy of Fine Arts on 14 April 1875 (Register: 3144) and worked throughout Europe. From 1895 he lived in New York, though in 1893 he had taken out British citizenship. He married twice. After divorcing his first wife, Marie Henschel (1858–?), he married Leonie Knoedler, sister of Roland Knoedler, of the famous New York art dealership, Knoedler. Chełmiński was best known in his lifetime for his history painting, historical works, especially those dealing with military history and the Napoleonic Wars. Agnieszka Kwiecień "Żandarm" odzyskany, Kultura i Sztuka, Presspublica, 30-01-2009 (''Painting by Jan Władysław Chełmiński from the series „Wojsko Księstwa Warszawskiego” returns to Poland'') See also * List of Poles#Visual arts, List of Poles Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Engel-Garry Jan Chełmiński
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch language, Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-British culture, Romano-Celtic surname, and people with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |