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Aleksander Orłowski (9 March 1777 – 13 March 1832) was a Polish painter and sketch artist, and a pioneer of
Orłowski was born in 1777 in
"Aleksander Orłowski"
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Biography, with paintings, drawings and graphic works by Orłowski
@ Malarze 1777 births 1832 deaths 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian painters 18th-century male artists 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 18th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Polish lithographers Polish printmakers Artists from the Russian Empire Painters from the Russian Empire Kościuszko insurgents Artists from Warsaw 19th-century lithographers Polish male painters {{Poland-painter-stub
lithography
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone ( lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German ...
in the Russian Empire
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.
Life
Orłowski was born in 1777 in Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...
into an impoverished noble family, his father was a tavern-keeper. In early childhood he became known as a prodigy, and soon Izabela Czartoryska financed his first painting classes with the artist Jan Piotr Norblin. In 1793 Orłowski joined the Polish Army
The Land Forces () are the land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 62,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history str ...
and fought in the Kościuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. T ...
and Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...
; he was wounded and returned to Warsaw for further studies, financed by Prince Józef Poniatowski
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (; 7 May 1763 – 19 October 1813) was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
A nephew of king Stanislaus Augustus of Poland (), P ...
. He studied with many notable painters of the age, including Norblin, Marcello Bacciarelli and Wincenty Lesserowicz.
In 1802, after the Partitions of Poland, he moved to Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, where he became a pioneer of lithography. He died there, aged fifty-five.
His works include countless sketches of everyday life in Poland and Russia, and scenes from the Kościuszko Uprising and other Polish wars.
Aleksander Orłowski is mentioned in ', a poem written by Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish ...
in 1834, as well as in Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
's works.
Sources
* Bogusław Mucha, ''Artyści polscy w nowożytnej Rosji'', Łódź 1994, * Ludwik Bazylow, ''Polacy w Petersburgu'', Wrocław 1984,"Aleksander Orłowski"
from ''
Tygodnik Ilustrowany
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History
It is said to have been one of the mos ...
'' #34 (19 May 1860) @ Polona
External links
Biography, with paintings, drawings and graphic works by Orłowski
@ Malarze 1777 births 1832 deaths 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian painters 18th-century male artists 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 18th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Polish lithographers Polish printmakers Artists from the Russian Empire Painters from the Russian Empire Kościuszko insurgents Artists from Warsaw 19th-century lithographers Polish male painters {{Poland-painter-stub