Kazimierz Alchimowicz was a Lithuania

Lithuania

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n-born Polish

Poland

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 romantic painter

Painting

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Born in Dziembrów, Vilnius Region

Vilnius region

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 Alchimowicz was banished to Siberia

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 for six years for his participation in the January Uprising

January Uprising

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. After his return, he enrolled in a drawing class in Warsaw

Warsaw

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 taught by Wojciech Gerson

Wojciech Gerson

Wojciech Gerson was a Polish painter and professor.Born in Warsaw, Gerson enrolled at the Warsaw Fine Arts Academy and graduated with honorable mention and a scholarship to St. Petersburg Academy of Arts where he studied historical painting under A. T. Markov. He graduated from St. Petersburg with...

. The class had a great influence on his later artistic works. He later studied art in Munich, Germany and Paris, France. While staying in France, Alchimowicz was a craftsmen decorating porcelain

Porcelain

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 and earthenware

Earthenware

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 crafts. He settled permanently in Warsaw in 1880 to paint professionally. His artistic inspiration

Artistic inspiration

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mainly came from patriotic topics and history. Among his most noted works is a series of twelve tablets entitled Goplana. This was greeted with great enthusiasm by art critics of the time. He died in Warsaw.