Jan Chełmiński
Illustration — Jan Chełmiński • Illustration — General Pershing by Chełmiński Jan Chełmiński, also known as Jan van Chelminski, born Jan Władysław Chełmiński (27 January 1851 – 1925), was a Polish painter.
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Jan Chełmiński
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- Born
- 1851. · Brzustów and Masovian Voivodeship.
- Died
- 1925. · New York City.
- Nationality
- Poland.
- Fields
- history.
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and Munich.
- Known for
- L'Armée du Duché de Varsovie (book).
- Languages
- Polish.
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Illustration — Jan Chełmiński • Illustration — General Pershing by Chełmiński Jan Chełmiński, also known as Jan van Chelminski, born Jan Władysław Chełmiński (27 January 1851 – 1925), was a Polish painter.
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Jan Chełmiński studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The recorded working language is Polish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Warsaw, Munich and Paris. Works named in the authority record are L'Armée du Duché de Varsovie (book). Work by Jan Chełmiński is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Museum in Warsaw, National Gallery of Ireland, Alte Nationalgalerie and Polish Museum.
Chełmiński was born in Brzustów. He entered the Munich Academy of Fine Arts on 14 April 1875 (Register: 3144) and worked throughout Europe. From 1895 he lived in New York, though in 1893 he had taken out British citizenship. He married twice. After divorcing his first wife, Marie Henschel (1858–?), he married Leonie Knoedler, sister of Roland Knoedler, of the famous New York art dealership Knoedler. Chełmiński was best known in his lifetime for his historical works, especially those dealing with military history and the Napoleonic Wars.
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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Chełmiński died in 1925 at New York City. Institutional cataloguing adds that jan Chełmiński was born in 1851 at Brzustów, Masovian Voivodeship.
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Brzustów and Masovian Voivodeship.
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