Walenty Wańkowicz
Walenty Wilhelm Wańkowicz (February 14, 1799 in Kałużyce - May 12, 1842 in Paris) was a Polish painter. He studied at the Jesuit College in Polotsk, the University of Wilno and the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. He produced, among other things, a well-known portrait of Adam Mickiewicz (1827–28). • Illustration — Self-portrait
Also recorded as Walenty Wankowicz · Valenty Vankovich
Walenty Wańkowicz
Walenty Wańkowicz · http: artmuseum.by/UserFiles/Image/Vank-Primke.jpg · Public domain
- Born
- 1800 · Kaliužyca.
- Died
- 1842 · Paris.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson
- Fields
- painting
- Movements
- Romanticism
- Education
- Jesuit College in Polotsk · Imperial University of Vilna · Imperial Academy of Arts
- Teachers
- Jan Rustem
- Known for
- Portrait of Adam Mickiewicz on the Ayu-Dag Cliff
- Languages
- Polish · Russian · Belarusian
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Walenty Wilhelm Wańkowicz (February 14, 1799 in Kałużyce - May 12, 1842 in Paris) was a Polish painter. He studied at the Jesuit College in Polotsk, the University of Wilno and the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. He produced, among other things, a well-known portrait of Adam Mickiewicz (1827–28). • Illustration — Self-portrait
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Selected portraits
Selected portraits
• Illustration — Karol Lipiński (1822) • Illustration — Adam Mickiewicz (1828) • Illustration — Maria Szymanowska (1828) • Illustration — Woman Playing Solitaire (1829)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Walenty Wankowicz and Valenty Vankovich. His recorded languages were Polish, Russian and Belarusian.
Pomnik Walentego Wańkowicza w Mińsku.
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Cimetière de Montmartre-Division 7-Tombe de Louis Zambrzycki (1803-1834) et de Valentin Wańkowicz (1800-1842)
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1800
Walenty Wańkowicz born at Kaliužyca.
1842
Walenty Wańkowicz died at Paris.
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- Saint Petersburg
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Kaliužyca.
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Paris.
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Walenty Wańkowicz studied at Jesuit College in Polotsk, Imperial University of Vilna and Imperial Academy of Arts. Training under Jan Rustem is recorded. The recorded working language is Polish, Russian and Belarusian. The field of work recorded is painting. Residence is recorded at Saint Petersburg. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of Adam Mickiewicz on the Ayu-Dag Cliff. Work by Walenty Wańkowicz is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Kraków, National Museum in Warsaw, Lithuanian National Museum of Art and Polish Library in Paris.
Wańkowicz is honored in Belarus as one of the most important 19th-century painters of Belarusian origin. There is a monument to him in Minsk. The Vankovich House / Wańkowicz House, the former mansion of the Wańkowicz family, is now a museum in the historical part of Minsk.
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- 1.Brief biography @ MEMIM Encyclopedia
- 2.Валентий Ванькович: белорусский художник с утерянным наследием.
- 3.У Мінску адкрылі помнік Валянціну Ваньковічу
- 4.The Vankoviches’ House. Culture and Art of the 1st half of the 19th century - About the Museum.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- M. Domański, Walenty Wańkowicz - artysta i przyjaciel Mickiewicza, "Rota", 1997 nr 4.
- Jan Marek Giżycki, Materyały do dziejów Akademii Połockiej i szkół od niej zależnych, 1905
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Formation and teaching. Wańkowicz studied at Jesuit College in Polotsk, Imperial University of Vilna and Imperial Academy of Arts. He trained under Jan Rustem. Recorded as having studied at Jesuit College in Polotsk, Imperial University of Vilna and Imperial Academy of Arts.
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National Museum in Kraków, National Museum in Warsaw, Lithuanian National Museum of Art and Polish Library in Paris
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