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Piotr Michałowski
Piotr Michałowski

Piotr Michałowski

Polish, 1800-1855
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Piotr Michałowski was a Polish painter of the Romantic period, especially known for his many portraits, and oil studies of horses. Broadly educated, he was also a social activist, legal advocate, city administrator and President of the Kraków Agricultural Society (since 1853). The Sukiennice Museum, a division of the National Museum in Kraków, contains a room that is named after him and devoted to Michałowski's work.

Michałowski was born at an estate in Krzysztoforzyce outside Kraków, the son of landowner Józef Michałowski, senator in the Free City of Kraków. His artistic talent developed at an early age of 13 under the watchful eye of several artists including Michał Stachowicz, Józef Brodowski (1817) and Franciszek Lampi. He formally studied a broad range of subjects at the Jagiellonian University including classical philosophy, agriculture and mathematics.

During the November Uprising against the Russian rulership, Michałowski helped run a Polish munition factory. To avoid capture, he escaped to Paris, France with his new wife Julia Ostrowska and her father. While in Paris, he continued his studies of painting and anatomy with Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1832–1835), greatly influenced by the art of Théodore Géricault, Rembrandt and Velázquez. His watercolour studies of horses became very popular in France, sold by local art dealers since 1833 to English, German and American collectors.

Michałowski returned to Kraków in 1835 and in 1837 settled into his family estate in Krzysztoforzyce. In the 1840s and 1850s he produced numerous equestrian paintings and dramatic landscapes including his famous Romantic "Battle of Somosierra" (1844–1855, several versions), "Parade before Napoleon" and other battle sites. When Pablo Picasso visited Poland in 1948, he saw Michałowski's work at the Warsaw National Museum and shouted, "Here, painter!"

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Dwa wspięte konie w uprzęży

Dwa wspięte konie w uprzęży (1838)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Animals
French stagecoach

French stagecoach (1832-1835)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Animals
Horses at the manger

Horses at the manger (1845)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Animals
Koń maści gniadej (praca nieskończona)

Koń maści gniadej (praca nieskończona) (1832 - 1835)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Koń maści kasztanowatej

Koń maści kasztanowatej (1845-1846)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Koń maści kasztanowatej

Koń maści kasztanowatej (after 1840)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Siwy koń arabski ‘Obeian’

Siwy koń arabski ‘Obeian’ (1845)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Animals
Studia i szkice leżącego konia

Studia i szkice leżącego konia (1832-1835)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Studium jabłkowitego konia

Studium jabłkowitego konia (1845-1850)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Studium konia i jego zadu

Studium konia i jego zadu (1832-1835)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Study of a cow

Study of a cow (1845)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Study of a fawn ox

Study of a fawn ox (1845)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Study of a spotted ox

Study of a spotted ox (1845)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Study of Hungarian breed ox

Study of Hungarian breed ox (1845)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Study of ‘Simentaler’ breed bull

Study of ‘Simentaler’ breed bull (1845)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Three horses harnessed one behind the other

Three horses harnessed one behind the other (1845-1848)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Artist’s son on a pony

Artist’s son on a pony

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Battle of Somosierra

Battle of Somosierra (between circa 1840 and circa 1844)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Cavalry

Cavalry

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Cavalryman

Cavalryman (1840s)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Cavalryman

Cavalryman (circa 1838)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Cuirassier on a bay horse

Cuirassier on a bay horse (between 1832 and 1834)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Farm-hand, portrait study

Farm-hand, portrait study (between 1840 and 1855)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Girl in a red scarf

Girl in a red scarf (between 1840 and 1855)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Moroccan man with a horse

Moroccan man with a horse

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Napoleon on horseback

Napoleon on horseback

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Old villager

Old villager

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Portrait of Antoni Ostrowski

Portrait of Antoni Ostrowski (circa 1824)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Portrait of Celina, artist’s daughter, on horseback

Portrait of Celina, artist’s daughter, on horseback (circa 1853)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Portrait of Eustachy Wąsowicz

Portrait of Eustachy Wąsowicz

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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