Kanuty Rusiecki
Kanuty Rusiecki , also Kanuti Rusiecki or Kanutas Ruseckas (born February 10, 1800 in Stebėkiai near Vadokliai, † August 21, 1860 in Vilnius ) was a Lithuanian painter.
biography
He was born into an impoverished Lithuanian noble family. From 1809 to 1815 he attended primary school in Troškūnai . In 1816 Rusiecki began his studies at Vilnius University , where he first studied law and mathematics. In 1818, however, he switched to studying art and literature. During his time at university he was a member of the Radiant Society and probably also a member of the Filomat Society. In 1821 he went to Paris and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts from 1821 to 1822 with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière . He then spent a year at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome , where he worked with Vincenzo Camuccini and Bertel Thorvaldsen . From 1823 to 1824, K. Rusiecki and other Lithuanian and Polish artists who lived in Rome formed an art community. From 1831 he gave private lessons in Vilnius. Three years later he became a professor at the Wileński Instytut Szlachecki and taught there until his death. In 1856 he tried to open an art school in Vilnius with Wincenty Dmochowski and Kazimierz Jelski.
Works
Rusiecki painted portraits, pictures of animals, and landscapes. But he also painted altarpieces and restored frescoes in many small churches across Lithuania as well as at the Vilnius Cathedral. Most of his canvases are distributed in private collections. The paintings, which were in his studio at the time of his death, were preserved by his son Bolesław (1824–1913) and later given to various museums in Poland , Lithuania and Belarus .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kanuty Rusiecki. Retrieved June 10, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rusiecki, Kanuty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rusiecki, Kanuti; Ruseckas, canoes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stebėkiai |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1860 |
| Place of death | Vilnius |