Teofil Antoni Jaksa of Griffins Kwiatkowski (February 21, 1809 in
Pułtusk
Pułtusk () is a town in Poland, by the river Narew. Located north of Warsaw in the Masovian Voivodeship, it has a population of 19,224 as of 2023. Known for its historic architecture and Europe's longest paved marketplace ( in length), it is a po ...
August 14, 1891 in
Avallon
Avallon () is a commune in the Burgundian department of Yonne, in France.
Name
Avallon, Latin ''Aballō'', ablative ''Aballone'', is ultimately derived from Gaulish ''*Aballū'', oblique ''*Aballon-'' meaning "Apple-tree (place)" or "(plac ...
, France) was a Polish painter.
Life
Kwiatkowski participated in the
November 1830 Uprising. After its suppression, he emigrated to France. He stayed in a facility for Polish war refugees in Avallon till 1832. He then attended painting studies held by
Léon Cogniet.
Kwiatkowski was a close friend to
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 ...
and
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...
.
His artistic work includes many images of
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...
, including a picture of him playing at a ball at Paris's
Hôtel Lambert and ''Chopin on His Deathbed'' (1849).
["Kwiatkowski, Teofil Antoni," ''Encyklopedia powszechna PWN'', vol. 2, p. 659.] He presented fantastic illustrations for Chopin musical pieces.
See also
*
Great Emigration
The Great Emigration () was the emigration of thousands of Poles and Lithuanians, particularly from the political and cultural élites, from 1831 to 1870, after the failure of the November Uprising of 1830–1831 and of other uprisings such as ...
*
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 ...
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Léon Cogniet
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Hôtel Lambert
Notes
References
*"Kwiatkowski, Teofil Antoni," ''Encyklopedia powszechna PWN'', vol. 2, Warsaw,
Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe
Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN (''Polish Scientific Publishers PWN''; until 1991 ''Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe'' - ''National Scientific Publishers PWN'', PWN) is a Polish book publisher, founded in 1951, when it split from the Wydawnictwa Szkolne i ...
, 1974, pp. 658–59.
1809 births
1891 deaths
19th-century Polish painters
19th-century Polish male artists
People from Pułtusk
Polish male painters
Immigrants to France
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