Teofil Kwiatkowski
Illustration — Frédéric Chopin playing at Paris's Hôtel Lambert. Vaulting (background) is temporary stage scenery. Watercolor and gouache by Teofil Kwiatkowski. • Illustration — Chopin on His Deathbed, by Teofil Kwiatkowski, 1849, commissioned by Jane Stirling.
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Teofil Kwiatkowski
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- Born
- 1809 · Pułtusk.
- Died
- 1891 · Avallon.
- Nationality
- Poland · Russian Empire
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- painting
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Frédéric Chopin playing at Paris's Hôtel Lambert. Vaulting (background) is temporary stage scenery. Watercolor and gouache by Teofil Kwiatkowski. • Illustration — Chopin on His Deathbed, by Teofil Kwiatkowski, 1849, commissioned by Jane Stirling.
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Chopin sits in bed, in presence of (from left) Aleksander Jełowicki, Chopin's sister Ludwika, Marcelina Czartoryska, Wojciech Grzymała, Teofil Kwiatkowski. Teofil Antoni Jaksa of Griffins Kwiatkowski (February 21, 1809 in PułtuskAugust 14, 1891 in Avallon, France) was a Polish painter.
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are France. Work by Teofil Kwiatkowski is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, National Museum in Warsaw, Fryderyk Chopin Museum and National Museum in Kraków.
Kwiatkowski participated in the November 1830 Uprising. After its suppression, he emigrated to France. He stayed in a facility for Polish war refugees in Avallon till 1832. He then attended painting studies held by Léon Cogniet. Kwiatkowski was a close friend to Adam Mickiewicz and Frédéric Chopin. His artistic work includes many images of Frédéric Chopin, including a picture of him playing at a ball at Paris's Hôtel Lambert and Chopin on His Deathbed (1849). He presented fantastic illustrations for Chopin musical pieces.
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1809
Teofil Kwiatkowski was born on 21 February 1809.
1891
Teofil Kwiatkowski died on 14 August 1891.
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