Artist
Walenty Wańkowicz
Russian, 1800–1842
Walenty Wańkowicz was a Russian artist. 6 works are cataloged here, principally at National Museum in Warsaw. Walenty Wańkowicz was born in Kaliužyca.
Overview
Walenty Wilhelm Wańkowicz (February 14, 1799 in Kałużyce - May 12, 1842 in Paris) was a Polish painter. He studied at the Jesuit College in Polotsk, the University of Wilno and the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. He produced, among other things, a well-known portrait of Adam Mickiewicz (1827–28).
Legacy
Wańkowicz is honored in Belarus as one of the most important 19th-century painters of Belarusian origin. There is a monument to him in Minsk. The Vankovich House / Wańkowicz House, the former mansion of the Wańkowicz family, is now a museum in the historical part of Minsk.
Collections represented
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