Dimensions: 65 x 51 cm
signed and dated on the stone, lower right: '18 | A Orłowski | 19'
Biography
He was born in 1777 in Warsaw and died in 1832 in St. Petersburg. He studied drawing and painting in J.P. Norblin’s studio in Warsaw. He was also a student of M. Bacciarelli in the “painting studio” at the Castle. He took part in the Kościuszko Uprising; his works serve as an important record of that event. In later years, he was Prince Konstanty’s court draftsman and battle painter. In 1809, for his painting “Cossack Camp,” he was awarded the title of academician of the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. From 1819, he was a member of the Scientific Society in Kraków. He was the first in Russia to practice lithography. He painted in pastels and oils. The subjects of his works are diverse: battle scenes, Eastern horsemen, genre scenes from rural life, Oriental types of Circassians and Kyrgyz, caricatures, portraits, and heroic landscapes—all depicting contemporary events. Elements of Rembrandt’s painting style can be seen in his works.
