Jan Kanty Ignacy Maszkowski (1794–1865) was a Polish painter; known for portraits, history and
genre
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paintings.
Life and work
He displayed artistic skills from an early age. A local landowner named Jozef Levitzky took note and helped him enroll in the School of Drawing at the
University of Lviv
The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (named after Ivan Franko, ) is a state-sponsored university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since 1940 the university is named after Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko.
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, where he studied from 1813 to 1818, under the
pastellist, Józef Buisset (1776-1832). He then spent three years at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His primary instructors there were
Heinrich Füger and
Johann Baptist von Lampi.
This was followed by studies in Rome, at the
Accademia di San Luca
The Accademia di San Luca () is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its first ''principe'' or director; ...
, While there, he also visited Naples, Florence and Venice. In 1824 his patron, Levitzky, demanded that he return home, which he did, after a brief stay in Vienna. Once there, he focused on painting portraits and genre scenes in
Volhynia
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and
Podolia
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, and had his own workshop in
Dubno
Dubno (, ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality located on the Ikva River in Rivne Oblast (oblast, province) of western Ukraine. It serves as the capital city, administrative center of Dubno Raion ...
.
From 1834 to 1843, he taught drawing at his alma mater, the university. When they closed the drawing school, he established his own school of painting at his workshop in Lviv. His pupils included
Artur Grottger
Artur Grottger (11 November 1837 – 13 December 1867) was a Polish Romantic painter and graphic artist, one of the most prominent artists of the mid 19th century under the partitions of Poland, despite a life cut short by incurable illness.
B ...
,
Juliusz Kossak
Juliusz Fortunat Kossak (15 December 1824 – 3 February 1899) was a Polish historical painter and master illustrator who specialized in battle scenes, military portraits and horses. He was the progenitor of an artistic family that spanned fou ...
,
Feliks Jan Szczęsny Morawski,
Aleksander Raczyński
Aleksander Raczyński (1822, Lwów - 16 November 1889, Lwów) was a Polish portrait painter.
Biography
He had his first art lessons in his hometown with Jan Maszkowski. ,
Henryk Rodakowski,
Stanisław Tarnowski,
[Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker; H. Vollmer, B. C. Kreplin, H. Wolf, O. Kellner (ed.) „Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, von der Antike bis zur gegenwart“, publ. Hans Vollmer, print. E. A. Seeman, Leipzig, 1938, Vol. 32 (Stephans-Theodotos), p. 448.] Franciszek Tepa, and his son .
He died at his home in
Barszczowice, a few days after his seventy-first birthday.
Family
In addition to Marceli, he had two other sons; , a mathematician and Rector at
Lviv Polytechnic, and , a violinist and conductor. He also had three daughters: Franciszka, Fryderyka and Joanna. The painter and poster designer,
Karol Zyndram Maszkowski, was his grandson.
Works

The works of Jan Maszkowski may be seen in the
National Museum, Kraków
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, the
National Museum, Wrocław, the
Ossolineum
Ossoliński National Institute (, ZNiO), or the Ossolineum is a Polish cultural Foundation (non-profit), foundation, publishing house, archival institute and a research centre of national significance founded in 1817 in Lwów (now Lviv). Located ...
, and several museums in Ukraine.
Portraits:
* ''Portrait of
Francis I '' (''Portret Franciszka I'', 1834)
* ''Portrait of count Olizar '' (''Portret hr. Olizara'')
* ''Portrait of landscapist A. Lange'', (''Portret pejzażysty A. Lange'', 1837)
* ''Portrait of Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński ''
* ''Little house of cards (Portrait of Fryderyka and Rafał Maszkowski)'', before 1850
* ''Portrait of young man '' (''Portret młodego meżczyzny'', 1848);
[Л. Є. Колесни�]
„Львівський художник Ян Машковський”
in: „Вісник Харківської державної академії дизайну і мистецтв. Мистецтвознавство. Архитектура.”, 2011, Issue 6, pp. 146.
* ''Portrait of Marceli Maszkowski'', his son (1856);
* ''Woman's portrait in white bonnet '' (''Portret kobiety w białym czepku'', 1840, in National Museum in Warsaw)
Historical paintings:
* ''Dalila cutting off hair of Samson'', (''Dalila ucinająca włosy Samsonowi'', 1820–1824)
* ''Bolesław Chrobry in Kiev '' (''Bolesław Chrobry w Kijowie'')
* ''Jan III Sobieski'', (1835);
* ''Portrait of Władysław IV king of Poland'', (''Władysław IV, król Polski'')
* ''Self-portrait in square-topped cap '' (''Autoportret w konfederatce'', 1840);
* ''Defence of Trembowla'', (''Obrona Trembowli'', 1848);
* ''Chrzanowska in Defence of Trembowla'', (''Chrzanowska w obronie Trembowli'', 1820–1824)
* ''Dress of Jan Samuel Chrzanowski, defender of Trembowla '' (''Strój Jana Samuela Chrzanowskiego obrońcy Trembowli'', watercolour on paper, 1856)
[Л. Купчинськ�]
„Подільський художник Ян Ігнацій Машковський: штрихи до творчої біографії”
Записки Львівської національної наукової бібліотеки України імені В. Стефаника, 2015, 7-th ed., p. 612.
* ''Ivan Gonty, Cossack's commander, guilty of massacre in Humań '' (''Ivan Gonty, dowódca kozacki, winny rzezi na Humaniu'', watercolour on paper, 1859);
Genre paintings:
* ''In tavern in Podolia'' (''W karczmie na Podolu'', 1851);
* ''Party in Sofijówka'' (''Zabawa w Sofijówce'', 1849)
* ''Parents bless youth '' (''Rodzice błogosławią młodość'')
* ''Mrs. Twardowska and '' Mr. Twardowski ''
(''Pani Twardowska '' and '' Pan Twardowski'', 1859, – ill. to the ballad 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. He also largely influenced Ukra ...
);
* ''Cracovian Wedding '' (''Krakowskie wesele'')
* ''Plays in matrimony '' (''Gra w mariasza'');
* ''Late afternoon scene near table '' (''Scena podwieczorna przy stole'')
* ''Woman giving services Jews usurers '' (''Kobieta dająca zastaw Żydom lichwiarzom'')
* ''Peasant's courtships to girl '' (''Zaloty chłopa do dziewczyny'');
* ''Young married woman from peripheries Tarnopola in XVIII c. '' (''Młoda mężatka z peryferii Tarnopola w XVIII wieku'', watercolour on paper, 1859);
* ''Peasant from Podolia '' (''Podolski chłop'', watercolour on paper, 1856);
* ''Jewish musician in carnival '' (''Grajek-żyd na zapustach'', watercolour on paper, 1859);
* Sabbath day (Szabas, 1857)
* ''Jewish musician
layingon Double-bass in XVIII c. '' (''Żyd-grajek na Basetli w XVIII wieku '' 1859),
* ''Jewish musician
layingon Cymbals '' (''Żyd-grajek na Cymbałach'')
Religious paintings:
* ''St. Tecla and Michael the Archangel'', (''Św. Tekla i archanioł Michał'') 1830 (in Kodeń)
* ''St. Teresa and St. Michael the Archangel ''; (''Św. Teresa i Św. Michał archanioł'')
* ''Holy Family'', (''Święta Rodzina'');
* ''The Mother of God'', (''Bogurodzica'' in Dubno)
* ''Matka Boska Częstochowska'' (for Bernardine church in Sokal)
* ''St. Barbra'', (''Św. Barbara '' for Bernardine order in Lvov)
* ''Holy Trynity and Mother of God'' ('' Św. Trójcę i Bogarodzica '' for Church in Seret)
Landscapes:
* ''Waterfall'', (''Wodospad'').
See also
*
List of Poles
This is a partial list of notable Polish people, Polish or Polish language, Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
Physics
*Miedziak Antal
* Czesław Białobrzesk ...
*
List of Polish painters
References
Bibliography
* Л. Купчинськ�
„Подільський художник Ян Ігнацій Машковський: штрихи до творчої біографії” Записки Львівської національної наукової бібліотеки України імені В. Стефаника, 2015, 7-th ed., p. 596-615.
* Л. Є. Колесни�
„Львівський художник Ян Машковський”in: „Вісник Харківської державної академії дизайну і мистецтв. Мистецтвознавство. Архитектура.”, 2011, Issue 6, pp. 145–147.
* Emmanuel Bénézit ''The Benezit dictionary of artists'', Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999.
* Emmanuel Bénézit ''Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays par un group d’écrivains spécialistes français et étrangers'', Nouvelle Édition, Tome Septième (Loyet-Lorski – Okasaki), Librairie Gründ, 1876, p. 249.
* Joachim Busse ''Internationales Handbuch aller Maler und Bildhauer des 19. Jahrhunderts = International directory of all XIXth century painters and sculptors = Guide international de tous les peintres et sculpteurs du XIXe siècle = Manuale internazionale di tutti i pittori e scultori dell'ottcento = Compendio internacional de todos los pintores y escultores del siglo decimonono'', publ. Busse, Wiesbaden, 1977.
* Anna Lewicka-Morawska; Marek Machowski; Maria Anna Rudzka ''Słownik malarzy polskich.'', Vol. 1 ''Od średniowiecza do modernizmu'', Warsaw, 1998, p. 120.
* ''Słownik artystów polskich i obcych w polsce działających (zmarłych przed 1966 r.)'', publ. Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warsaw, 1971–1986, pp. 78–79.
* Feliks Kopera ''Malarstwo w Polsce XIX i XX wieku'', Part III: ''Malarstwo w Polsce XIX i XX wieku'', Drukarnia Narodowa w Krakowie, Cracow, 1929, p. 117, 176, 186, 278.
* Saur ''Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon : Die Bilder Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker'', Vol. 87 (Mandelstamm-Matieli), K.G. Saur, München, Leipzig, 1997, p. 506.
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1794 births
1865 deaths
19th-century painters of historical subjects
Painters from the Austrian Empire
19th-century Polish painters
19th-century Polish male artists
Polish male painters
Artists from Ternopil Oblast