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Henryk Siemiradzki
(1843-1902) was a Polish Academic painter. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament.
Siemiradzki was born to a Polish szlachta family of a military physician in the village of Novobelgorod (now Pechenegi) near Kharkov, Ukraine. He studied at Kharkov Gymnasium where he learned painting under a scion of Karl Briullov, D. I. Besperchy. He entered the Physics-Mathematics School of Kharkov University but continued his painting lessons from Bespechy.
After graduating from the University with the degree of Kandidat he abandoned his scientific career and moved to Saint Petersburg to study painting at the Imperial Academy of Arts in the years 1864-1870. Upon his graduation he was awarded a gold medal. In 1870-1871 he studied under Karl von Piloty in Munich on a grant from the Academy.
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Painting ID:: 89820
Nero's Torches
1876(1876)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 305 x 704 cm (120.1 x 277.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 91141
By the spring
1899(1899)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 45.5 x 31.5 cm (17.9 x 12.4 in)
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Painting ID:: 91714
Portrait of Ludwik Wodzicki
1880(1880)
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 92764
A Dangerous Game
Date 1880s
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 97147
Martyrdom of Saints Timothy and Maura, his wife
1885(1885)
Medium oil on canvas
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Henryk Siemiradzki
(1843-1902) was a Polish Academic painter. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament.
Siemiradzki was born to a Polish szlachta family of a military physician in the village of Novobelgorod (now Pechenegi) near Kharkov, Ukraine. He studied at Kharkov Gymnasium where he learned painting under a scion of Karl Briullov, D. I. Besperchy. He entered the Physics-Mathematics School of Kharkov University but continued his painting lessons from Bespechy.
After graduating from the University with the degree of Kandidat he abandoned his scientific career and moved to Saint Petersburg to study painting at the Imperial Academy of Arts in the years 1864-1870. Upon his graduation he was awarded a gold medal. In 1870-1871 he studied under Karl von Piloty in Munich on a grant from the Academy.
. Related Artists to Henryk Siemiradzki: | BACKER, Jacob Adriaensz. | Lajos Bruck | Felix Ziem | Wolf Huber | Nikolai Yaroshenko |
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