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Hendrik Siemiradzki BIOGRAPHY
1843 Pecenegi, Ukraine - 1902 Strzalkowo, Poland. Known for: Early Christian figures, utopia scene painting.
Henryk Siemiradzki (15 November 1843 - 23 August 1902) was a Polish and Russian Academic painter. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the... Read full biography
Henryk Siemiradzki (15 November 1843 - 23 August 1902) was a Polish and Russian Academic painter. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament. Siemiradzki was born to a Polish szlachta family of a military physician in the village... Read full biography
Henryk Siemiradzki (15 November 1843 - 23 August 1902) was a Polish and Russian Academic painter. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament. Siemiradzki was born to a Polish szlachta family of a military physician in the village of Novobelgorod (now Pechenegi) near Kharkiv, Ukraine. He studied at Kharkiv Gymnasium where he learned painting under a scion of Karl Briullov, D. I. Besperchy. He entered the Physics-Mathematics... Read full biography
Henryk Siemiradzki (15 November 1843 - 23 August 1902) was a Polish and Russian Academic painter. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament. Siemiradzki was born to a Polish szlachta family of a military physician in the village of Novobelgorod (now Pechenegi) near Kharkiv, Ukraine. He studied at Kharkiv Gymnasium where he learned painting under a scion of Karl Briullov, D. I. Besperchy. He entered the Physics-Mathematics School of Kharkov University but continued his painting lessons from Bespechy. After graduating from the University with the degree of Kandidat he abandoned his scientific career and moved to Saint Petersburg to study painting at the Imperial Academy... Read full biography
Henryk Siemiradzki (15 November 1843 - 23 August 1902) was a Polish and Russian Academic painter. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament. Siemiradzki was born to a Polish szlachta family of a military physician in the village of Novobelgorod (now Pechenegi) near Kharkiv, Ukraine. He studied at Kharkiv Gymnasium where he learned painting under a scion of Karl Briullov, D. I. Besperchy. He entered the Physics-Mathematics School of Kharkov University but continued his painting lessons from Bespechy. After graduating from the University with the degree of Kandidat he abandoned his scientific career and moved to Saint Petersburg to study painting at the Imperial Academy of Arts in the years 1864-1870. Upon his graduation he was awarded a gold medal. In 1870-1871 he studied und... Read full biography
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Name variants
Henri Ippolitovich Semiradsky, Hendrik Slemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki (15 November 1843 - 23 August 1902) was a Polish and Russian Academic painter. He was particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament.
Siemiradzki was born to a Polish szlachta family of a military physician in the village of Novobelgorod (now Pechenegi) near Kharkiv, Ukraine. He studied at Kharkiv Gymnasium where he learned painting under a scion of Karl Briullov, D. I. Besperchy. He entered the Physics-Mathematics School of Kharkov University but continued his painting lessons from Bespechy.
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