Augustyn Mirys (8 January 1700 – 8 March 1790) was a Polish painter of Scottish-French origin. Augustyn was born probably in France and educated in Rome. There in 1739 he met a Polish aristocrat Jan Kajetan Jabłonowski and moved to the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

. In Poland he worked for the Jabłonowskis, the Cetners, the Krasińskis and marechal Franciszek Bieliński. In early 1750s he entered the service of

Jan Klemens Branicki Count Jan Klemens Branicki (also known as Jan Kazimierz Branicki; 21 September 1689 – 9 October 1771) was a Polish nobleman, magnate and Hetman, Field Crown Hetman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1735 and 1752, and Great Cro ...

and moved to his private town:

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał ...

. He was later granted an

indygenat ''Indygenat'' or ' naturalization' in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was the grant of nobility to foreign nobles. To grant ''indygenat'', a foreign noble had to submit proof of their service to the Republic, together with proof of nobility i ...

, which meant he held by law all the privileges granted to Polish nobles. He died in Nowe Miasto near

. Mirys worked mainly in oil and pastel. He was active as a portraitist and a decorator. He had a son Silvestre David Mirys (1750-1810), who became a painter and illustrator active in France.

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18th-century Polish–Lithuanian painters 18th-century male artists Polish male painters Polish indigenes 1700 births 1790 deaths Artists from Białystok {{Poland-painter-stub