Napoleon Iłłakowicz
Napoleon Iłłakowicz (lit: Napoleonas Ylakavičius, 2 December 1811 – 7 November 1861) was a Lithuanian-Polish painter and decorator. The founder of his family was the Samogitian nobleman Steponas Nakaitis (Stefan Nakaytis czily Naczko), who lived at the end of the 16th century. He completed his secondary education, where he participated in drawing with Maciej Przybylski.
Napoleon Iłłakowicz
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- Name
- Napoleon Iłłakowicz
- Birth Name
- Gustaw Gwozdecki
- Born
- 2 December 1811
- Place of death
- Vilnius, Russian Empire
- Field
- Painting
- Training
- Vilnius University
- Died
- 1861 · Vilnius.
- Nationality
- Lithuania
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Education
- Imperial University of Vilna
- Languages
- Polish
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Napoleon Iłłakowicz (lit: Napoleonas Ylakavičius, 2 December 1811 – 7 November 1861) was a Lithuanian-Polish painter and decorator. The founder of his family was the Samogitian nobleman Steponas Nakaitis (Stefan Nakaytis czily Naczko), who lived at the end of the 16th century. He completed his secondary education, where he participated in drawing with Maciej Przybylski.
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From 1830, he studied painting at the Vilnius University in Jan Rustem's art workshops. He took part in the November Uprising. Due to the failure of the uprising, he emigrated to France, where between 1833 and 1836 he continued his studies. He also studied in Zaragoza. He worked in London at the court of Queen Victoria, as well as in Italy, Spain, and other countries. In 1848, he moved to live in Lwów, in 1857 to Vilnius, where he lived until his death. • Illustration — Portrait of Amazonka (1852) • Illustration — Portrait of an aristocrat (1852) • Illustration — Portrait of Ludwika Zamoyska Rozwadowska (1859)
Napoleon Iłłakowicz studied at Imperial University of Vilna. The recorded working language is Polish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Napoleon Iłłakowicz is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw and National Museum in Kraków.
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• Name — Napoleon Iłłakowicz • Birth Name — Gustaw Gwozdecki • Born — 2 December 1811 • Place of death — Vilnius, Russian Empire • Field — Painting • Training — Vilnius University
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