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Piotr Michałowski - Austrian Hussar on a bay horse

Austrian Hussar on a bay horse (1822)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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Piotr Michałowski

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!"

More Artworks by Piotr Michałowski (View all 101 Artworks)

Study of a cow

Study of a cow (1845)

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

Napoleon on Horseback (1846)

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

Battle of Somosierra (between circa 1840 and circa 1844)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Fair in Mościska

Fair in Mościska (1840-1844)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Horseman, sketch

Horseman, sketch (between 1835 and 1855)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Portrait of Maksymilian Oborski Wearing a Fez

Portrait of Maksymilian Oborski Wearing a Fez (1840-1848)

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

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

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Portrait of a peasant

Portrait of a peasant (1840)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Polish Artillery of the Duchy of Warsaw of 1809

Polish Artillery of the Duchy of Warsaw of 1809 (1813)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Portrait of Bishop Łętowski

Portrait of Bishop Łętowski (1850)

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

Stableman with a horse (1845)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Blue Hussars

Blue Hussars (1836)

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

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

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Peasant Women

Peasant Women (1840-1848)

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
Old villager

Old villager

Piotr Michałowski (Polish, 1800-1855)
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