Walenty Wańkowicz

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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).[http://memim.com/walenty-wankowicz.html Brief biography] @ MEMIM Encyclopedia

Legacy

Wańkowicz is honored in Belarus as one of the most important 19th-century painters of Belarusian origin.[http://news.tut.by/culture/398008.html Валентий Ванькович: белорусский художник с утерянным наследием] There is a monument to him in Minsk.[http://nn.by/?c=ar&i=48092 У Мінску адкрылі помнік Валянціну Ваньковічу]

The Vankovich House / Wańkowicz House, the former mansion of the Wańkowicz family, is now a museum in the historical part of Minsk.[http://www.artmuseum.by/eng/filial/vank/about-the-museum The Vankoviches’ House. Culture and Art of the 1st half of the 19th century - About the Museum]

Selected portraits

File:Karol Lipiński 111.PNG|Karol Lipiński (1822)

File:Adam Mickiewicz.PNG|Adam Mickiewicz (1828)

File:Wańkowicz Maria Szymanowska.jpg|Maria Szymanowska (1828)

File:Walenty Wankowicz Kobieta układajaca pasjansa 1829.jpg|Woman Playing Solitaire (1829)

Sources

M. Domański, Walenty Wańkowicz - artysta i przyjaciel Mickiewicza, "Rota", 1997 nr 4.
Jan Marek Giżycki, Materyały do dziejów Akademii Połockiej i szkół od niej zależnych, 1905