Aleksander Orłowski

Orlovski's self-portrait from the holdings of the Tretyakov Gallery

Attack of the Hussaria , Warsaw National Museum

Kościuszko Uprising, Battle of Racławice , Cracow National Museum

Aleksander Orłowski (known in Russia as Russian Александр Осипович Орловский / Aleksandr Osipowitsch Orlowski, born March 9, 1777 in Warsaw , Poland ; † March 13, 1832 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Polish painter who had worked in St. Petersburg since 1802.

Life

Orłowski came from an impoverished Szlachta family and was born in Warsaw. Thanks to the support of Princess Izabela Czartoryska , and later his patron Józef Antoni Poniatowski , he was able to become a pupil of the French painter Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine (1745-1830). In 1793 Orłowski took part as a soldier in the Kościuszko uprising against the Russians. After the Third Partition of Poland , Orłowski moved to Saint Petersburg in 1801 and worked for Konstantin Pawlowitsch Romanow . He dealt with landscape painting and themes of Polish and Russian life in a painterly manner, with a focus on equestrian and horse representation. In 1808 he became a member of the Russian Art Academy . He was a pioneer of lithography in Russia.

literature

Sławomir Gowin: Aleksander Orłowski , 2007 ISBN 978-83-7477-218-1

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Orłowski, Aleksander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Орловский, Александр Осипович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish painter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 9, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH	Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1832
Place of death	St. Petersburg