Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (18529 January 1916) was a Polish realist

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from around the

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, best known for his battle-scenes, portraits, landscapes and paintings of horses. He was educated in Kraków in the Austrian sector of the

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. He died in the armed struggle for Poland's independence around Kraków during World War I.

Biography

Ajdukiewicz was born in Wieliczka. From 1868 to 1873, he studied under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz in the

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in Kraków. Later, he travelled to Vienna and Munich on a scholarship along with Wojciech Kossak and studied in Józef Brandt's ''atelier'' among other places. In 1877, Ajdukiewicz travelled to Paris and the

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with Count Władysław Branicki. In 1882, he lived in Vienna, where he worked on commissions for the aristocracy. He painted a portrait of the Prince of Wales in 1883 while staying in London. Ajdukiewicz travelled to Constantinople in 1884, and was a guest of

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. Subsequently, he worked in Sofia, Saint Petersburg and Bucharest. He joined the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions in 1914 created by Józef Piłsudski, and died in battle around Kraków on 9 January 1916 during . His first cousin was a Polish historical painter

Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (22 January 1861 – 29 April 1917) was a Polish realist painter of the late 19th century specializing in portraits, genre and historical painting. Ajdukiewicz, was born and raised in the Austrian sector of Partitioned Poland ...

(1861-1917) born in Witkowice.

Works

Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz is mainly known for his standing portraits, such as ''The portrait of Helena Modrzejewska'', and for his numerous paintings of battle scenes and equestrian portraits of nobility. He was also noted for his genre and oriental paintings. Commissioned by the Romanian Ministry of War, he also produced an album devoted to imperial army uniform while in Bucharest. File:AjdukiewiczTadeusz.KonieNaPastwisku.jpg, ''Konie na pastwisku'' File:AjdukiewiczTadeusz.SpotkanieNaPustyni.jpg, ''Spotkanie na pustyni'' File:Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, scène de l'insurrection de 1863.jpg, ''

January Uprising The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at ...

of 1863'' File:Ajdukiewicz Franciszek Józef na manewrach 1885.jpg, ''Military exercises of 1885'' File:Józef Simmler - Portrait of Jan Reszke - MP 234 MNW - National Museum in Warsaw.jpg, '' Portrait of Jan Reszke'' National Museum, Warsaw File:Józef Simmler - Portrait of Emilia Reszke - MP 233 MNW - National Museum in Warsaw.jpg, '' Portrait of Emilia Reszke'', National Museum, Warsaw File:Betleni Bethlen Klementina grófnő.jpg, Portrait of Bethlen Klementina - Zabola, 1907

Notes and references

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