January Suchodolski
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Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
painter and Army officer.
Life
Suchodolski was born in Grodno and was the brother of Rajnold SuchodolskiRajnold Suchodolski
Rajnold Suchodolski was a Polish poet.He was brother of the painter January Suchodolski. Rajnold participated and died in the November Uprising of 1830-1831.- Works :...
.
From 1832 through 1837 Suchodolski studied in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, where he was a pupil of Horace Vernet
Horace Vernet
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist Arab subjects.Vernet was born to Carle Vernet, another famous painter, who was himself a son of Claude Joseph Vernet. He was born in the Paris Louvre, while his parents were staying there during the French...
. Suchodolski is known for his history and battle paintings.
January Suchodolski died in Bojmie
Bojmie
Bojmie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kotuń, within Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Kotuń, west of Siedlce, and east of Warsaw.-References:...
(near Siedlce
Siedlce
Siedlce ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,392 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship ....
).
See also
- List of Poles