Wincenty Smokowski

Wincenty Smokowski (Lithuanian: Vincentas Smakauskas; 19 February 1797, Vilnius — 13 February 1876, Krikonys, Ignalina Raion),^[1] was a Polish-Lithuanian painter and illustrator in the Academic and Classical styles. He created portraits, historical scenes, landscapes and genre works; notably realistic, unprejudiced portrayals of Jews and Gypsies.

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Biography

From 1817 to 1822, he studied at Vilnius University where he was a pupil of the English engraver and professor of Fine Art, Joseph Saunders.^[2] From 1823 to 1829, he continued at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. He was awarded a silver medal in 1825 and a gold medal in 1827 for his version of the death of Epaminondas.^[3]

In 1829, he was invited by Jan Rustem to become an assistant professor at the university. He held that position until 1832, when the university was closed by Russian authorities.^[4]

In 1836, he graduated from the "Vilnius Medico-Surgical Academy" and worked as a doctor in the area around Švenčionys from 1841 to 1856. After two years in Warsaw, he practiced medicine from his wife's estate at Krikonys, a small village in the Ignalina region.^[5]

In addition to his paintings, he provided illustrations for Konrad Wallenrod (1828) and Pan Tadeusz (1860) by Adam Mickiewicz and the poem Anafielas [pl] (1846) by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski. He is also known for copying and helping to preserve the 15th century frescoes at Trakai Island Castle.^[5]

A street is named after him in the Pašilaičiai district of Vilnius.

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Wincenty Smokowski

Biography

Selected paintings

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Further reading

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