Boleslaw Von Szankowski - Artist Info

About Boleslaw Von Szankowski

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Boleslav von Szankowski
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    Boleslaw Szankowski was a well-known Polish portrait painter.  Szankowski studied at the Fine Arts School in Cracow, at Munich Academy under Johann C. Herterich (1894) and at Academy Colarrosi and Academy Julian in Paris (1896-1898).

    He lived in Munich permanently but traveled around France, Belgium, England and Scotland.  He painted numerous portraits of high-society persons, among others Ignacy Paderewski, the Radziwills, the Potockis, the imperial family in Berlin and the royal family in Romania.  He painted idealized portraits of beautiful and elegant ladies or chamber and charming children portraits, including numerous portraits of his daughters, Ada and Helena.

    Szankowski participated in many exhibitions in Germany, A...

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