Jan Damel

Jan Damel studied at Vilnius University. Training under Franciszek Smuglewicz and Jan Rustem is recorded. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, history and religious. Employment is recorded with Vilnius University. Work by Jan Damel is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw and National Museum in Kraków.

• Name — Jan Krzysztof Damel • Born — 1780 • Birthplace — Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia • Died — 30 August 1840 • Place of death — Minsk, Russian Empire

• Illustration — The Battle of Vienna, 1683 Born in Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (now Jelgava, Latvia, 1918 name change), Damel (Damelis) studied art at Vilna University under Jan Rustem and Franciszek Smuglewicz, receiving a degree in 1809. He lived in Vilnius (Wilno) until, to accusations of involvement in forgeries by Ignacy Julian Cejzyk, he was convicted and from 1820 to at least 1823 he was in exile in Siberia in Tobolsk. Upon his release he lived in St. Petersburg and Minsk. He is considered one of the most prominent historical artists of the neoclassicist genre working in present-day Belarus. His works include paintings of historic events (the Kościuszko Uprising, Napoleon's army in Vilnius, the death of Ulrich von Jungingen during the Battle of Grunwald, and the Battle of Vienna), portraits, drawings, and religious compositions. Among his successful students was Michał Kulesza.