Franciszek Smuglewicz
Franciszek Smuglewicz lit. Pranciškus Smuglevičius (born October 6, 1745 in Warsaw , Poland-Lithuania , † September 18, 1807 in Vilnius ) was a Polish-Lithuanian painter and draftsman.
Life
Franciszek Smuglewicz came from a family of artists, his father was the painter Łukasz Smuglewicz , his brother Antoni was also an artist. His first teacher was his father, and later he studied with Szymon Czechowicz . In 1763 he went to Rome to study with Antonio Maroni and from 1765 at the Accademia di San Luca thanks to a grant from the Polish king, Stanislaus II August Poniatowski .
In 1784 he returned to Poland and became an art professor first in Warsaw and later in Vilnius. In 1800 he accepted an invitation from Tsar Paul I to St. Petersburg, where he took over the artistic design of the Mikhailovsky Palace (Russian: Михайловский замок ).
Smuglewicz mainly painted historical and religious scenes and portraits. The drawings and lithographs in the Historia narodu polskiego (German: History of the Polish Nation) by Adam Naruszewicz also came from him.
His students were u. a. Józef Oleszkiewicz , Józef Peszka , Maciej Topolski and Mateusz Tokarski .
Smuglewicz died on September 18, 1807 and was buried on Rasų kapinės in Vilnius .
Web links
- Biography (polish)
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Smuglewicz, Franciszek |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smuglevičius, Pranciškus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-Lithuanian painter and draftsman |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1745 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw , Poland-Lithuania |
DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1807 |
Place of death | Vilnius |