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Waleria Tarnowska (December 9, 1782, – November 23, 1849) was a Polish patron of the arts and painter in her own right, known for miniatures, numerous portraits, religious paintings and drawings.
Personal life
Waleria Tarnowska was a daughter of Walerian Stroynowski and Aleksandra Tarnowska. On 7 September 1800, Waleria married Jan Feliks Tarnowski. She was the mother of Kazimierz, Rozalia, Jan Bogdan, Maria Felicja, Walerian, Rozalia, Wiktoria, Anna and Tadeusz Antoni; and the grandmother of
Jan Dzierżysław Tarnowski
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Numb ...
,
Stanisław „Czarny”,
Stanisław „Biały” and
Władysław. Waleria was educated at home by governesses, and her teachers also included the archaeologist and historian Wawrzyniec Surowiecki, and the professor of chemistry and medicine
Jędrzej Śniadecki
Jędrzej Śniadecki (archaic ''Andrew Sniadecki''; ; 30 November 1768 – 11 May 1838) was a Polish writer, physician, chemist, biologist and philosopher. His achievements include being the first person who linked rickets to lack of sunlight. He ...
, as well as her uncle, Hieronim Stroynowski, bishop and Rector of
Vilnius University
Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and ...
.
[Maria Śledzianowska „Zainteresowania kolekcjonerskie Teofili Konstancji z Radziwiłłów Morawskiej, Walerii ze Stroynowskich Tarnowskiej i Izabeli z Flemingów Czartoryskiej” article in: „Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki”, annual set 57, issue 3/4, 2012, p. 185.]
Waleria together with her husband Jan Felix created the collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, books and antiquities at
Dzików, which included paintings by
Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Painting, painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school (art), Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He pain ...
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Guercino
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Guido Reni
Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious ...
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Rembrandt
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Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...
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Salvator Rosa
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Hans Holbain junior,
Anthony van Dyck
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The seventh c ...
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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Bernini,
Antonio Canova
Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the cl ...
.
Career
First Waleria studied painting for three years in Horochów with Constantino Villani and the miniaturist de Hoflize, then with
Wincenty de Lesseur 1800-1804 in Dzików and 1810 in Warsaw, at miniaturist
Therese Maron
Therese Concordia Maron (née Mengs; 1725 – October 10, 1806), was a German (Saxon) painter, for most of her life active in Rome. She was the elder sister of more known painter Anton Raphael Mengs.
Therese was born in northern Bohemian t ...
and her husband, Antonio Cherubini in Rome, Domenico del Frate (who in 1806 depicted portraits of members of her family, and painted the Virgin Mary in the chapel in Dzikow). Her next teacher was Filippo Giacomo Remondini; she then studied in Paris from 1824 to 1826.
Paintings and drawings
Waleria was a miniaturist, painting portraits and religious subjects. She often signed her works "V. T.", and depicted miniatures on ivory, usually with
watercolour
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, sometimes with
gouache
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and watercolour or only gouache. Her paintings are often miniature copies of paintings by other painters, and portraits of family members.
[Krzysztof Załęski „Waleria Tarnowska” in: „Artystki polskie. Katalog wystawy”, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Warsaw, 1991, pp. 344-345.]
* ''Madonna w białym welonie'' (Madonna in white veil; She may be the artist of the copy of a lost painting by Giovanni Battista Salvi zw. the Sassoferrato)
* ''Madonna w błękitnej chuście'' (Madonna in blue scarf)
* ''Aleksandra z Tarnowskich Stroynowska'' (Waleria’s mother)
* ''Jan Bohdan Tarnowski'' (Waleria's son in children's age)
* ''Ks. Julian Antonowicz'' (father Antonowicz was Waleria’s husband's tutor and friend of both)
* Marianna z Tarnowskich hr. Scipio del Campo
* ''Rozalia Tarnowska'' (1803-1804, Waleria’s daughter)
* Portret Anny z Rakowskich hr. Bystry (c. 1805)
* ''Portret Joanny Grudzińskiej'' (portrait of
wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich)
* ''Portret Jana Feliksa Tarnowskiego'' (several miniatures with husband's effigy)
* ''Portret Waleryana Stroynowskiego'' (Waleria’s father portrait)
* Portret kobiety z książką (The woman's portrait with book (the copy of painting by painter from Netherlandic school in collection of Dzików Castle in Tarnobrzeg)
* ''Król Stefan Batory'' (King Stefan Batory)
* ''Konstanty Iwanowicz ks. Ostrogski'' (father-in-law of Zofia, daughter of hetman Jan Tarnowski)
* ''Napoleon I'' (as consul, miniature from 1804, on basis of the portrait by J. B. Isabey, lent by Letycja Buonaparte, which so pleased miniature, that she gave to medallion with her son's curl)
* ''Józefina de Beauhernais'' (Napoleon's wife)
* ''Magdalena pokutująca'' (Suffering Magdalene with skull and parchment)
* ''Maria Magdalena'' (with book and dish on balm)
* ''Zofia z Czartoryskich Zamoyska''
* ''Izabela z Flemingów ks. Czartoryska''
* ''Portret Jana Tarnowskiego'' (Hetman's portrait)
* ''Antonina Anna Krasińska'' (Zygmunt Krasiński grandmother)
* ''Portret Kryglerowej po hiszpańsku'' (Portrait Kryglerowej in Spanish)
* ''Józefa Czarnecka''
* ''Czystość Józefa'' (Joseph's cleanness, the copy of painting by Carlo Cagnacci)
* ''Rysunek Proroka'' (Prophet, drawing)
* ''Stanisław Żółkiewski'' (drawing in yew frame)
* ''Święty Bernard'' (Saint Bernard)
* ''Chrystus'' (Christ, Salvator Mundi, the copy of painting by Guido Reni)
* ''Psyche i kupido'' (Psyche and cupid)
* ''Projekt monumentu zwieńczonego hełmem'' (The project of monument topped with helmet, 1824)
Before World War II, Waleria's miniatures, paintings and drawings were in family collections in
Dzików Castle,
Chorzelów
Chorzelów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mielec, within Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Mielec and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.
Climate
Ch ...
,
Rudnik nad Sanem
Rudnik nad Sanem (until 1997 ''Rudnik'', yi, רודניק ''Ridnik'') is a town in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,765 (02.06.2009). The town is located next to the river San, hence the "nad Sanem" (on ...
, and Wiśniowa (the residence of the Mycielski family). Post-war, her work can be found in collections at the
Polish Museum, Rapperswil
The Polish Museum, Rapperswil, was founded in Rapperswil, Switzerland, on 23 October 1870, by Polish Count Władysław Broel-Plater, at the urging of Agaton Giller, as "a refuge for Poland's historic memorabilia dishonored and plundered in the ...
, the National Museum in Warsaw and Cracow, the Castle Museum in
Pszczyna
Pszczyna (german: Pleß, cs, Pština) is a town in southern Poland with 25,823 inhabitants (2019), and a seat of a local gmina (commune). It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship, and was a part of the Katowice Voivodeship from 1975 until adm ...
and the Jagiellonian Library (drawings).
Diaries
* ''Mes voyages'' (A description of travel (1803-1804) written for daughter)
* ''Mes journal'' (diary, 1804-1838)
[Kazimiera Grottowa „Zbiory sztuki Jana Feliksa i Walerii Tarnowskich w Dzikowie, 1803-1849”, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wroclaw, 1957, p. 107, position 4, in collection of Jagiellonian Library.]
See also
*
List of Poles
This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
Science
Physics
* Czesław Białobrzeski
* Andrzej Buras
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List of Polish painters
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References
Bibliography
Source in English
* Adam Zamoyski „Waleria Tarnowska” in: Jane Turner (ed.) „The Dictionary of Art”, Grove, Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1996, Vol. 30 (Summonte-Tinne), pp. 345–346.
Sources in Polish
* W. Batowski and M. Treter „Wystawa miniatur” Lvov, 1912 (illustrations).
* Jan Bołoz Antoniewicz „Katalog Wystawy sztuki polskiej 1764-1886”, Lvov, 1894, about Waleria as paintress pp. 114–116, positions 602-611; about portrait of Waleria by Leon Brzeziński (1849), pp. 186–187, position 923.
* Dorota Dec, Janusz Walek „Europejskie skarby Muzeum Narodowego z Muzeum Książąt Czartoryskich w Krakowie w Zamku Królewskim w Niepołomicach”, Muzeum w Niepołomicach, 2011, p. 113.
* Kazimiera Grottowa „Zbiory sztuki Jana Feliksa i Walerii Tarnowskich w Dzikowie, 1803-1849”, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wroclaw, 1957, pp. 20, 40-43, 47-50, 52-53 (letter by Antonio Canova from April 28, 1804), 54-57, 59-64, 68, 71-75, 77, 79, 85-87, 90-94, 101, 103, 113, 114, 118, 130, 133-135, 136, 137.
* Aleksandra Janas „Kolekcja dzikowska hr. Tarnowskich”, ed. Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Tarnobrzega, Tarnobrzeg, 2006.
* Halina Kamińska-Krassowska „Miniatury Wincentego Lesseura i Walerii Tarnowskiej z dawnej kolekcji Tarnowskich z Dzikowa w zbiorach Muzeum Polskiego w Rapperswilu : Katalog wystawy – Miniaturen von Wincenty Lesseur und Waleria Tarnowska aus der ehemaligen Tarnowski-Sammlung in Dzików im Polenmuseum Rapperswil : Ausstellungskatalog”, Royal Castle in Warsaw, Warsaw, 1994.
* Jerzy Kieszkowski „W czasy naszych ojców. „Wystawa Amatorów” w Wiedniu w lutym i w marcu 1913 r.” in: „Przegląd Polski”, Cracow, Vol. 190, fascicle IV (October 1913), pp. 18–20, and 4 illustration after p. 18.
* Michał Marczak „Biblioteka Tarnowskich w Dzikowie”, Biblioteka Dzikowska, Cracow, 1921.
* Bożena Mazurkowa „Nowy grand tour w świetle Mes voyages Walerii Tarnowskiej” – article in: „Polski Grand Tour w XVIII i początkach XIX wieku”, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Katowice, 2014, pp. 151–182.
* Jerzy Mycielski „Sto lat dziejów malarstwa polskiego 1760-1860”, Cracow, 1896, pp. 64–66.
* Jacek Paulinek „Ex collectione Dzikoviana : zbiory hrabiów Tarnowskich z Dzikowa : katalog wystawy, Biblioteka Narodowa, 17 sierpnia-12 października 2008”, Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw, 2008, pp. II-IV, VI, VIII, X, XXI-XXII, XXIV, XXVI-XXX, XXXIII, XXXV-XXXVIII, XL, XLII-XLIII, LXI; illustrations, str. 59 position 99 (“Portrait Walerii Tarnowskiej” by Fr. X. Lampi, 1825); paintings by Waleria: p. 62 position 107-108, p. 67 position 123, p. 70 position 134.
* Edward Rastawiecki „Słownik malarzów polskich, 1857, Vol. 3, pp. 423-425 and p. 176, position 15.
* Maria Śledzianowska „Zainteresowania kolekcjonerskie Teofili Konstancji z Radziwiłłów Morawskiej, Walerii ze Stroynowskich Tarnowskiej i Izabeli z Flemingów Czartoryskiej” article in: „Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki”, annual set 57, issue 3/4, 2012, pp. 185–187 i 191.
* Stanisław Wasylewski „Portrety pań wytwornych”, Inicjał Andrzej Pałacz, Warsaw, 2011.
* Krzysztof Załęski „Waleria Tarnowska” in: „Artystki polskie. Katalog wystawy”, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Warsaw, 1991, p. 344-345, ill. 796-798.
* Maria Zientara „Artystki polskie i ich sztuka od XVI do XIX wieku” in: “Krzysztofory: Zeszyty historyczne Muzeum Historycznego Miasta Krakowa”, Zeszyt 24, Cracow, 2006, p. 52.
* „Podróż polki do Włoch w epoce Napoleońskiej, 1803-1804.” in: „Przegląd Polski”, Cracow, Vol. 123, fascicle VII (January 1897), issue 367, pp. 69–103.
* „Stary portret. Wystawa dzieł polskich i obcych, wykonanych do roku 1930 a znajdujących się w zbirach prywatnych w obrębie województwa krakowskiego”, Cracow, 1930, nr 96, p. 19.
* „Wspomnienie pośmiertne dwóch matron polskich Anny hrabiny Małachowskiej i Walerii hrabiny Tarnowskiej”, druk Czas, Cracow, pp. 11–19.
Sources in German
* Leo R. Schidlof „Die Bildnisminiatur in Frankreich im XVII, XVIII, und XIX Jahrhundert. Als Anhang: Allgemeines Lexicon der Miniaturisten aller Länder.”, publ. Beyer, Vienna, 1911; this same author „La miniature en Europe Aux 16e, 17e, 18e et 19e siècles”, Akademische Druck – U. Verlagsanstalt, Graz, 1964, Vol. II (M-Z), p. 819.
* „Saur Allgemaines Küstlerlexikon: Bio-bibliographiher index”, K.G. Saur, Monachium-Lipsk, 2000, Vol. 9 (Schinz-Torricelli), p. 29, Th. XXXII.
* „Saur Allgemaines Küstlerlexikon: Bio-bibliographiher index”, K.G. Saur, Monachium-Lipsk, 2000, Vol. 9 (Schinz-Torricelli), p. 629.
* Z. Batowski „Tarnowska, Waleria” in: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker „Allgemeines Lexicon der bildenden künstler von der antike bis zur gegenwart”, publ. Hans. Vollmer, print. A. Seemann, Leipzig, 1938, Vol. XXXII, p. 448.
Sources in French
* Emmanuel-Charles Bénézit „Dictionaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs” (9 wydanie), Librairie Gründ, 1966, Vol. 8, p. 225; this same author „Dictionary of Artist”, tom 13 (Sommer-Valverane), Gründ, Paris, 2006, p. 702.
* Elena Gretchanaia, Alexandre Stroev „La francophonie europeenne aux XVIIIe-XIXe siecles: Perspectives Litteraires, Historiues et Culturalles”, P.I.E.-Peter Lang S.A., Brüssel, 2012.
* Jerzy Mycielski „Une Jeune Polonaise en Italie à l’époque du Premier Consul” w: „La Revue de Pologne”, Paryż-Warszaw, 1924-1926; this same author „Journal du voyage en Italie”, 1924-1926.
* Michael Braud „Les journaux de Waleria Tarnowska et Eliza Michalowska”, Prosses de l’Uniwersité Paris-Sorbonne, Paryż, 2011; on subject this book article in: Genesis”, issue 32 (July 24, 2012), pp. 177–180.
* Michael Braud „Le voyage en France de la comtesse Tarnowska”, Ellug, Grenoble, 2003.
Sources in Italian
* Antonio Canova „Letter : Roma, to Valeria, contessa Tarnowska, née Stroynowska” (April 14, 1804, the letter from Antonio Canova from Rome to Waleria in collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
External links
„Portrait of Waleria ze Stroynowskich Tarnowskiej” by Domenico del Frate on website of National Museum in Cracow„Grudzińska Joanna (1791- 1831) duchess of Łowicz, wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich” by Waleria TarnowskaMarta Woynarowska ''Bezcenne maleństwa'' (16 lipca 2015)
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