Jan Kanty Maszkowski
Jan Kanty Ignacy Maszkowski was a Polish painter; known for portraits, history and genre paintings.
Life and work
He displayed artistic skills from an early age. A local landowner named Jozef Levitzky took note and helped him enroll in the School of Drawing at the University of Lviv, where he studied from 1813 to 1818, under the pastellist, Józef Buisset. He then spent three years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His primary instructors there were Heinrich Füger and Johann Baptist von Lampi.This was followed by studies in Rome, at the Accademia di San Luca, While there, he also visited Naples, Florence and Venice. In 1824 his patron, Levitzky, demanded that he return home, which he did, after a brief stay in Vienna. Once there, he focused on painting portraits and genre scenes in Volhynia and Podolia, and had his own workshop in Dubno.
From 1834 to 1843, he taught drawing at his alma mater, the university. When they closed the drawing school, he established his own school of painting at his workshop in Lviv. His pupils included Artur Grottger, Juliusz Kossak, Feliks Jan Szczęsny Morawski, Aleksander Raczyński, Henryk Rodakowski, Stanisław Tarnowski, Franciszek Tepa, and his son.
He died at his home in Barszczowice, a few days after his seventy-first birthday.
Family
In addition to Marceli, he had two other sons;, a mathematician and Rector at Lviv Polytechnic, and, a violinist and conductor. He also had three daughters: Franciszka, Fryderyka and Joanna. The painter and poster designer, Karol Zyndram Maszkowski, was his grandson.Works
The works of Jan Maszkowski may be seen in the National Museum, Kraków, the National Museum, Wrocław, the Ossolineum, and several museums in Ukraine.Portraits: Portrait of Francis I Portrait of count Olizar Portrait of landscapist A. Lange, Portrait of Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński Little house of cards , before 1850Portrait of young man ;Portrait of Marceli Maszkowski, his son ;Woman's portrait in white bonnet
Historical paintings: Dalila cutting off hair of Samson, Bolesław Chrobry in Kiev Jan III Sobieski, ;Portrait of Władysław IV king of Poland, Self-portrait in square-topped cap ;Defence of Trembowla, ;Chrzanowska in Defence of Trembowla, Dress of Jan Samuel Chrzanowski, defender of Trembowla Ivan Gonty, Cossack's commander, guilty of massacre in Humań ;
Genre paintings: In tavern in Podolia ;Party in Sofijówka Parents bless youth Mrs. Twardowska and Mr. Twardowski ; Cracovian Wedding Plays in matrimony ;Late afternoon scene near table Woman giving services Jews usurers Peasant's courtships to girl ;Young married woman from peripheries Tarnopola in XVIII c. ;Peasant from Podolia ;Jewish musician in carnival ;
- Sabbath day Jewish musician on Double-bass in XVIII c.,Jewish musician on Cymbals
Landscapes: Waterfall,.