Alfons Dunin-Borkowski (born 19th-century in Planta, died 1938 in Raśniki) was a Polish painter, son of Mikołaj Dunin-Borkowski and Julianna Gromadzińska. Between 1876 and 1879, the painter completed his art studies at the School of Arts in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

under

Wojciech Gerson Wojciech Gerson (; July 1, 1831 – February 25, 1901) was a leading Polish people, Polish Painting, painter of the mid-19th century, and one of the foremost representatives of the Polish school of Realism (arts), Realism during the foreign Part ...

and Aleksander Kamiński as well as under

Władysław Łuszczkiewicz Władysław Łuszczkiewicz (September 3, 1828 – May 23, 1900) was a Polish historian and painter of the late Romantic era from Kraków, active in the period of the foreign partitions of Poland. He was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and ...

and

Leopold Loeffler Leopold Loeffler, also spelled Löffler, (October 27, 1827 – February 6, 1898), was a Polish realist painter of the late Romanticism in Poland, Romantic period popular in the second half of the 19th century under the Partitions of Poland, fo ...

between 1879 and 1887 at the

Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki w Krakowie, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Pol ...

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

. Afterwards, Alfons took part in

Jan Matejko Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Poles, Polish painting, painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works includ ...

's compositional classes. In 1888, he returned to his family settlement. In 1898, the artist moved to his wife's property in the

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. After his wife's death, Alfons moved to Bikbarda in

Perm Krai Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 refe ...

where he spent his time painting. From 1905, he lived in

Suchedniów Suchedniów is a town in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering ...

in modern-day Holy Cross Voivodeship. File:Alfons Dunin-Borkowski. KOZAK W STEPIE 1881.jpg, ''Cossack in the steppe''
(1881) File:Alfons Dunin-Borkowski - Podjazd lisa 1889.jpg, ''Fox hunting''
(1889)

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Alfons Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

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