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Walenty Wilhelm Wańkowicz (February 14, 1799 in Kałużyce - May 12, 1842 in
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) was a Polish painter. He studied at the Jesuit College in Polotsk, the University of Wilno and the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. He produced, among other things, a well-known portrait of
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 ...
(1827–28).Brief biography
@ MEMIM Encyclopedia


Legacy

Wańkowicz is honored in Belarus as one of the most important 19th-century painters of Belarusian origin. There is a monument to him in Minsk. The Vankovich House / Wańkowicz House, the former mansion of the Wańkowicz family, is now a museum in the historical part of
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.The Vankoviches’ House. Culture and Art of the 1st half of the 19th century - About the Museum
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Selected portraits

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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 ...
(1828) File:Wańkowicz Maria Szymanowska.jpg, Maria Szymanowska (1828) File:Walenty Wankowicz Kobieta układajaca pasjansa 1829.jpg, ''Woman Playing Solitaire'' (1829)


Sources

* M. Domański, ''Walenty Wańkowicz - artysta i przyjaciel Mickiewicza'', "Rota", 1997 nr 4. * Jan Marek Giżycki, ''Materyały do dziejów Akademii Połockiej i szkół od niej zależnych'', 1905


See also

* List of painters by name *
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 ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wankowicz, Walenty 1799 births 1842 deaths People from Byerazino district People from Igumensky Uyezd Ruthenian nobility Clan of Lis 19th-century Polish painters Polish portrait painters 19th-century Polish male artists Jesuit College in Polotsk alumni Vilnius University alumni Burials at Montmartre Cemetery Polish male painters Painters from the Russian Empire