Krzysztof Boguszewski

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Krzysztof Aleksander Boguszewski (* around 1590 ; † 1635 in Poznań , Poland-Lithuania ) was a Polish painter and priest in Poznań.

Life

Arrival of St. Martin in Amiéns, 1628, Poznan Cathedral

Krzysztof Boguszewski came from the Polish noble family Opoja from the Kulmer Land . 1623 he was by King Sigismund III. Wasa appointed serwitor (honorary title for artist) because of his excellent painting ( arte pictoria excellentiam ). He lived in Poznan since 1624 at the latest.

In 1630 Boguszewski was appointed provost of the Church of St. Adalbert (św. Wojciecha) and was ordained chaplain the following year. In 1634 he was also the canon of the collegiate monastery of St. Maria Magdalena in Posen.

Boguszewski wrote his will on January 13, 1635, and died on February 12 of the same year. He was buried at the Adalbert Church.

Act

Krzysztof Boguszewski's paintings are best known in churches. He is counted among the most important baroque painters in Poland.

  • Battle of Grundwald ( Bitwa pod Grunwaldem ), 1627–1631, Old Town Hall in Gdansk, not preserved
  • Apostle Paul ( Św. Paweł ), 1628, altar painting, Paradise Monastery
  • Arrival of St. Martin in Amiéns ( Wjazd św. Marcina do Amiens ), 1628, altar painting, Paradise Monastery; In 1857 in the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul Poznań, now in the St. Martin Chapel there, his only surviving signature
  • Immaculate Conception of Mary ( Niepokalane Poczęcie ), 1628, Paradise Monastery, after 1834 in Poznan Cathedral, now in the Diocesan Museum of Poznan
  • Heavenly Jerusalem ( Niebieskie Jeruzalem ), around 1628, Paradies Monastery, after 1834 in Poznan Cathedral, Chapel of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Angels (kaplica Matki Boskiej i Świętych Aniołów).
  • Angel of Wrath ( Anioł Stróża ), Church of St. Adalbert Poznań, attribution (Boguszewski was the founder of this altar and member of the Brotherhood of the Angry Angel ( Bractwa Aniołów Stróżów ))
  • Mary with the Child ( Matki Boskiej z Dzieciątkiem ), Otorowo Church, attribution
  • Maria , Biechowo Church, attribution

literature

  • Aleksander Stankiewicz: Kilka uwag na temat twórczości Krzysztofa Boguszewskiego . In: Artifex Novus . No. 3. 2019. pp. 20–33

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wrońska Bogna: wjazd św.Marcina do Amiens for Poznańskiej katedry . In: KMP . 2. Wydawnictwo Miejskie Poznań 2005. p. 255
  2. ^ Bogna, p. 259
  3. ↑ Zofia Kurzawa: Historyczne kościoły Poznania. Przewodnik. Poznań 2006. p. 148
  4. ↑ Aleksander Stankiewicz: Kilka uwag na temat twórczości Krzysztofa Boguszewskiego . In: Artifex Novus . No. 3. 2019. P. 27. ISSN 2544-5014
  5. ↑ Aleksander Stankiewicz: Kilka uwag na temat twórczości Krzysztofa Boguszewskiego . In: Artifex Novus . No. 3. 2019. ISSN 2544-5014
personal data
SURNAME Boguszewski, Krzysztof
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boguszewski, Krzysztof Aleksander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish painter and provost in Poznań
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: around 1590
DATE OF DEATH 1635
Place of death Poznań , Poland-Lithuania