Kazimierz Wojniakowski
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Kazimierz Wojniakowski was a Polish
painter.
Fleming.
Other note-worthy portraits by Wojniakowski include his portrait of Tadeusz Kościuszko
.
Wojniakowski also produced religious works and scenes of contemporary historic events (e.g., The Constitution of May 3, 1791
, 1806).
Notable as well are Wojniakowski's drawings from journeys, e.g. in Lublin Province.
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.
Works
His work as a portraitist was influenced by that of the Polish painter Józef Grassi, as in Wojniakowski's 1796 Portrait of Izabela Czartoryska, néeNEE
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Fleming.
Other note-worthy portraits by Wojniakowski include his portrait of Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...
.
Wojniakowski also produced religious works and scenes of contemporary historic events (e.g., The Constitution of May 3, 1791
Constitution of May 3, 1791
The Constitution of May 3, 1791 was adopted as a "Government Act" on that date by the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Historian Norman Davies calls it "the first constitution of its type in Europe"; other scholars also refer to it as the world's second oldest constitution...
, 1806).
Notable as well are Wojniakowski's drawings from journeys, e.g. in Lublin Province.