Michał Stachowicz (14 August 1768, in

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– 26 March 1825, in Kraków) was a Polish painter and graphic artist in the Romantic style.

Biography

His father was a printer, bookbinder and bookseller. In 1782, he was enrolled in classes at the Painter's Guild, where he studied with , a Czech painter working at the Royal Court, and Kazimierz Mołodziński (?–1795), a religious painter. In 1787, he became a Master in the guild.Biographical notes
@ Agra Art. From 1817 until his death, he was a teacher at Saint Barbara's gymnasium and, for many years, was a member of the Kraków Scientific Society.Biography and appreciation
@ DlaPolski by Piotr Czartoryski-Sziler. He died at his home and was buried at

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. In 1816, he received a major commission from Bishop Jan Paweł Woronicz to do wall paintings at the Bishop's Palace, which took two years to complete. Only thirty-two years later, they were destroyed by a fire. In 1820, he was given another major commission from the architect, Sebastian Sierakowski, to paint a mural at the Collegium Maius depicting the history of the

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. His best known works depicted contemporary historical events, many of which he witnessed, such as " Kościuszko's Oath on the Market Square" and "The Entrance of 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 the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lit ...

into Kraków". He also did

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scenes, portraits, and religious paintings; notably the

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at the Church of St. Casimir the Prince and images for two side altars at the church in Jangrot. He also worked as a

lithographer 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 ...

and illustrated the ''Monumenta regum Poloniae Cracoviensia'' (Tombs of the Kings of Poland in Kraków).

Selected paintings

Stachowicz Przysięga T. Kościuszki na rynku w Krakowie.jpg, Kościuszko's Oath
at the Market Square Stachowicz, Dożynki (Muzeum Narodowe).jpg,

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File:Enter of Prince Józef Poniatowski to Kraków in 1809.PNG, Poniatowski's Entrance into Kraków

References

External links

Article about Stachowicz
from the '' Tygodnik Illustrowany'', 1859.
''Monumenta Regum Poloniae Cracoviensia''
@ the Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Stachowicz, Michal 1768 births 1825 deaths 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian painters 18th-century male artists 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists Polish history painters Polish genre painters Polish illustrators Artists from Kraków Polish male painters

Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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