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Henryk Siemiradzki
Henryk Siemiradzki

Henryk Siemiradzki

Polish, 1843 – 1902
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Henryk Hektor Siemiradzki was a Russian-born Polish painter based in Rome, best remembered for his monumental academic art. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Greek-Roman world and the New Testament, owned by many national galleries of Europe.

Many of his paintings depict scenes from antiquity, often the sunlit pastoral scenes or compositions presenting the lives of early Christians. He also painted biblical and historical scenes, landscapes, and portraits. His best-known works include monumental curtains for the Lviv (Lwów) Theatre of Opera and for the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków.

Siemiradzki was born to Hipolit Siemiradzki, a Polish noble and an officer of the Imperial Russian Army (made general in 1871) and Michalina (née Prószyńska) in Belgorod (now Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine), near the city of Kharkiv, where his father's regiment was stationed. The family had origins in Radom land and derived its name from the village of Siemiradz. One of the branches settled near Navahrudak (Nowogródek) in the late 17th century. Henryk's grandfather held the post of podkomorzy in Nowogródek powiat. His parents were close friends with Adam Mickiewicz's family. He studied at Kharkiv Gymnasium where he first learned painting under the local schoolteacher, D.I. Bezperchy, a former student of Karl Briullov. He entered the physics-mathematics school of Kharkiv University and studied natural sciences there with great interest, but also continued to paint.

After graduating from university with a Kandidat degree he abandoned his scientific career and moved to Saint Petersburg to study painting at the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1864 to 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. In 1872 he moved to Rome and later built a studio there on Via Gaeta, while spending summers at his estate in Strzałków near Częstochowa.

In 1873 he received the title of Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts for his painting Christ and a Sinner, based on a verse Sinner written by Aleksey Tolstoy. In 1878 he received the French National Order of the Legion of Honour and a gold medal at the Paris World's Fair for the painting Flower Vase. In 1876–1879 Siemiradzki worked on frescoes for the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Moscow) among his other large-scale projects. In 1879 he offered one of his best-known works, the enormous Pochodnie Nerona (Nero's torches), painted around 1876, to the newly formed Polish National Museum. The artwork is on display at the Siemiradzki Room of the Sukiennice Museum in the Kraków Old Town, the most popular branch of the museum. Around 1893 Siemiradzki worked on two large paintings for the State Historical Museum (Moscow) and in 1894 produced his monumental curtain for the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków.

He died in Strzałków in 1902 and was buried originally in Warsaw, but later his remains were moved to the national Pantheon on Skałka in Kraków.

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Study to the Painting ‘Christian Dirce’

Study to the Painting ‘Christian Dirce’ (1897)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Aurora (Goddess of the Dawn)

Aurora (Goddess of the Dawn) (circa 1886)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Mythology
Study of a Wing – Study of a Fgure of ‘Inspiration’ from the Curtain for the Municipal Theater in Lviv

Study of a Wing – Study of a Fgure of ‘Inspiration’ from the Curtain for the Municipal Theater in Lviv (1899)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Abstract
By the fountain II

By the fountain II

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
At the fountain head – Roman idyll

At the fountain head – Roman idyll

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
At the spring well

At the spring well (c. 1885)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Aurora

Aurora (c. 1886)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Mythology
Head of a woman

Head of a woman

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Portrait of a man with side-whiskers

Portrait of a man with side-whiskers

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Portrait of a woman

Portrait of a woman (1873)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Portrait of Aleksander Stankiewicz, painter

Portrait of Aleksander Stankiewicz, painter (1890s)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Roman idyll – Before the bath

Roman idyll – Before the bath (1885-1890)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Roman idyll – Fishing

Roman idyll – Fishing (1879)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Study for the ‘Torches of Nero’

Study for the ‘Torches of Nero’ (1876)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Study of a head

Study of a head

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Allegory of Music

Allegory of Music (1892)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Mythology
Judgement of Paris

Judgement of Paris (1892)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Mythology
Plafond project

Plafond project

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Mythology
Sketch for “Judgement of Paris”

Sketch for “Judgement of Paris” (around 1892)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Mythology
Faun’s pond

Faun’s pond (1881)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Landscape
House with hollyhocks in the garden

House with hollyhocks in the garden (around 1880-90)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Landscape
Italian landscape with a donkey

Italian landscape with a donkey (1880)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Landscape
Lake view with rocky edge (Harbour view with rocky edge)

Lake view with rocky edge (Harbour view with rocky edge) (c. 1880-c. 1890)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Landscape
Viaticum

Viaticum (1889)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Landscape
Candlesticks of Christianity, sketch

Candlesticks of Christianity, sketch (c. 1876)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Religion
Christ among children

Christ among children (after 1872)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Religion
Christian Golgotha, sketch

Christian Golgotha, sketch (c. 1880)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Religion
Leisure Hours by the Water

Leisure Hours by the Water (1885)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Before a Bath (Idyll)

Before a Bath (Idyll) (1885 - 1890)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
Female portrait on the painter’s palette

Female portrait on the painter’s palette (1887)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902)
Figurative
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