Rafał Hadziewicz (13 October 1803, Zamch – 7 September 1883, Kielce) was a Polish painter; primarily of portraits and religious works, and an expert on ancient culture.

Biography

From 1816 to 1822, he attended the Royal Lyceum (formerly the

Zamojski Academy The Zamoyski Academy ( pl, Akademia Zamojska; la, Hippaeum Zamoscianum) 1594–1784) was an academy founded in 1594 by Polish Crown Chancellor Jan Zamoyski."''Akademia Zamojska''" ("Zamojski Academy"), '' Encyklopedia Polski'', p. 13. It was th ...

) in Szczebrzeszyn. He then enrolled at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields o ...

, where he studied with Antoni Brodowski and

Antoni Blank Jan Antoni Blank (6 May 1785, in Olsztyn – 20 February 1844, in Warsaw) was a Polish painter in the Classical style who specialized in portraits and miniatures; many of which are in a style similar to Biedermeier. He often signed his paintings ...

. After receiving a scholarship from the "Ministry of Public Education and Religious Affairs" in 1829, he spent a short time in Dresden, then went to Paris, where he studied at the

École des Beaux-Arts École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...

under Antoine-Jean Gros. In 1833, he found a position in the studios of Bertel Thorvaldsen in Rome. While there, he visited all the museums, making copies of the Old Masters, especially

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...

. In 1834, he moved to

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 ...

, where he painted religious murals. He was married there the following year. Later, he created murals at churches in

Medyka Medyka (; uk, Медика, Medyka) is a village in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It is the seat of the municipality (gmina) called Gmina Medyka. It lies approximately east of Pr ...

and Starzawa. He stayed in Kraków until 1839. In 1839, he moved to Moscow and served as a Professor of Drawing for the Faculty of Mathematics at the

University of Moscow M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

; a position he held until 1844. He then went to Warsaw where he became a Professor at the School of Fine Arts in 1846. He held that position until 1864 and taught a generation of young Polish artists; including Władysław Czachórski, Józef Brodowski, Franciszek Kostrzewski,

Pantaleon Szyndler Pantaleon Józef Szyndler or Szendler (26 July 1846, Lipie, Pajęczno County, Lipie – 31 January 1905, Warsaw) was a Polish painter in the Academicism, Academic style. He is primarily known for nudes, religious works and Orientalism, Orientali ...

and Alfred Kowalski. He remained in Warsaw until 1871, then retired to Kielce. He was one of the co-founders of the ''Towarzystwo Zachęty do Sztuk Pięknych'', an art appreciation society that later established the museum known as the

Zachęta The Zachęta National Gallery of Art ( Polish: ''Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki'') is a contemporary art museum in the center of Warsaw, Poland. The Gallery's chief purpose is to present and support Polish contemporary art and artists. With numer ...

. His religious paintings may be found at churches in Szczebrzeszyn, Lisów and

Łęczyca Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, pl, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; german: Lentschitza; he, לונטשיץ) is a town of 13,786 inhabitants () in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the ...

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Biographical notes
@ the Szczebrzeszyn website

@ Pinakoteka

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hadziewicz, Rafal 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 1803 births 1883 deaths Polish portrait painters History painters People from Biłgoraj County Polish male painters

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