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. For his work he was awarded the ''Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (The Legion of Honour)'' by the French Government. His most ''seen'' picture is probably the equestrian portrait of

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entitled ''Rough Rider'' hung over the fireplace in the

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in the

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Styka is also known as the painting instructor and friend of the artist

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, the reclusive heir to a copper fortune.https://www.emptymansionsbook.com/art-student

Gallery

File:Tadeusz Styka - Portret ojca.jpg, Self-portrait File:Tadeusz Styka Portret damy w futrze.jpg, Portrait of a lady in fur File:Artysta malarz Tadeusz Styka podczas pracy (1-K-5327).jpg, Tadeusz Styka with Kazimiera Skalska File:Pola Negri przy swoim portrecie autorstwa Tadeusza Styki.jpg,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Styka, Tadeusz 1889 births 1954 deaths 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Polish male painters