Teodor Axentowicz (

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: Թեոդոր Աքսենտովիչ; 13 May 1859 in

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– 26 August 1938 in

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) was a

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painter and university professor. A renowned artist of his times, he was also the rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. As an artist, Axentowicz was famous for his portraits and subtle scenes of

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life, set in the

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Life

Axentowicz was born on 13 May 1859 in

, Hungary (now

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), to a family of

ancestry. In 1893 in

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, he married Iza Henrietta Gielgud, aunt of

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and

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of the theatrical dynasty. A son, Philip S.A.D. Axentowicz, was born in

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in 1893. Between 1879 and 1882 he studied at the

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. From there he moved to Paris, where he was a student of

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and continued his education until 1895. During that time he started a long-time cooperation with various journals and started his career as a copyist, duplicating the works of Tizian and

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for

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. He also made numerous travels to London and Rome, where he prepared a set of portraits, one of the first in his career. Teodoe Axentowicz Pod brzemieniem nieszczęścia

Teodoe Axentowicz Pod brzemieniem nieszczęścia

In 1894 he started collaboration with Wojciech Kossak and

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during the preparation of the '' Racławice Panorama'', one of the largest

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s in the history of Polish art. The following year he moved to

, where he became a professor at the local Academy of Fine Arts. He was also active in the local society and cooperated with various societies devoted to propagation of arts and crafts. In 1897 he founded an artistic conservatory for women and soon afterwards became one of the founders of the ''Sztuka'' society, whose members were such artists as

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, Julian Fałat,

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, Jan Stanisławski,

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and

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. In 1910 he became the rector of the Academy and since 1928 was also an honorary member of the

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Society. He died on 26 August 1938 in Kraków. Throughout his life he had numerous exhibitions, both in Poland and abroad. He was awarded many gold metals at both national and international exhibitions. The most notable were organized in:

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(1896, 1913),

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(1904),

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(1905, 1935),

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(1906),

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(1911),

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(1914, 1926),

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(1921),

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(1927), and

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(1927). His paintings can be found in almost all public collections in Poland and in numerous private ones there and abroad. In 1904 at the St. Louis World's Fair, Axentowicz received a Special Commemorative Award in recognition of distinguished service in connection with various national sections of the Department of Art. While in Paris, he received the prestigious title of Officier d'Académie

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and Member of

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. In addition to Society of Polish Artists "Sztuka", he was also a member of Hagenbund and a founding member of the

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Awards

* 1909, knighted by

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. * 1923, the Commander's Cross with Star of the

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. * 1929, Medal of the Decade by the

. * 1929, the Grand Gold Metal at the Universal Exhibition in

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. * 1936,

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Life

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