Henryk Hipolit Rodakowski (; 1823–1894) was a Polish painter.

Biography

He came from a well-known family of

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. Continuing the family tradition between 1841 and 1845, he studied law in

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. Later he studied painting under Joseph Danhauser (1805–1845) and

Franz Eybl Franz Eybl (1 April 1806 – 29 April 1880) was an Austrian painter. Life Eybl was born in the Viennese suburb of Gumpendorf at Große Steingasse 136 (today Stumpergasse 55). By 1816, at the age of ten, he had already entered the Academy of Fine ...

(1806–1880). In the years 1846 to 1867 he lived in

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, where he continued his studies with

Léon Cogniet Léon Cogniet (29 August 1794 – 20 November 1880) was a French history and portrait painter. He is probably best remembered as a teacher, with more than one hundred notable students. Biography He was born in Paris. His father was a painter ...

. In 1852 he experienced his first major success by painting a portrait of General

Henryk Dembiński Henryk Dembiński ( hu, Dembinszky Henrik; 16 January 1791 – 13 July 1864) was a Polish engineer, traveler and general. Dembiński was born in Strzałków, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 1809 he entered the Polish army of the Duchy of Warsa ...

, which won the first prize. His studio was visited by the famous painter

Eugène Delacroix Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( , ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.Noon, Patrick, et al., ''Crossing the Channel: Britis ...

. In 1861 he married the love of his youth, Kamila Blühdorn, née von Salzgeber, with whom he had two children. His great-grandson was Jacek Woźniakowski (1920–2012), art historian, writer and co-founder of publishing house "Znak". In 1866 he was a member of the Polish Historical and Literary Society in

. A year later, he left Paris and returned to

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. He lived in Pałahicze near Stanisławów. At the end of his life he settled in

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 ...

. In 1893 he became director and president of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts and chairman of the Committee of the National Museum. On December 24, 1894, he was nominated for the director of

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, but died unexpectedly four days later. He was buried in Rakowice Cemetery in

. He was a recipient of the

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. He was befriended by the painter and activist

Leon Kaplinski Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...

Paintings

Image:RodakowskiHenryk.Marszalek.1859.jpg, ''Marshal'', 1859 Image:Rodakowski Artist's wife.jpg, ''Portrait of artist's wife'', 1865 Image:Rodakowski Leonia Blühdorn.jpg, ''Leonia Blühdorn'', 1871 Image:Rodakowski_Chicken_War.png, ''

Chicken War Chicken War or Hen War ( pl, Wojna kokosza) is the colloquial name for a 1537 anti-royalist and anti- absolutist ''rokosz'' (rebellion) by the Polish nobility. The derisive name was coined by the ''magnates'', who for the most part supported the ...

'', 1872 Image:Rodakowski Landscape from Bortniki.jpg, ''Landscape from Bortniki upon Dniester'', 1878 Image:Jan Dzierżysław Tarnowski.PNG, ''Jan Dzierżysław Tarnowski'', 1889

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