Michał Stachowicz (14 August 1768, in Krakow ? 26 March 1825, in Krakow) was a Polish painter and graphic artist in the Romantic style.

Biography [ edit ]

His father was a printer, bookbinder and bookseller. In 1782, he was enrolled in classes at the Painter's Guild, where he studied with Franciszek Ignacy Molitor  [ pl ] , a Czech painter working at the Royal Court, and Kazimierz Mołodzi?ski (??1795), a religious painter. In 1787, he became a Master in the guild. ^[1] From 1817 until his death, he was a teacher at Saint Barbara's gymnasium and, for many years, was a member of the Krakow Scientific Society. ^[2] He died at his home and was buried at Rakowicki Cemetery .

In 1816, he received a major commission from Bishop Jan Paweł Woronicz  [ pl ] to do wall paintings at the Bishop's Palace , which took two years to complete. ^[2] Only thirty-two years later, they were destroyed by a fire. In 1820, he was given another major commission from the architect, Sebastian Sierakowski , to paint a mural at the Collegium Maius depicting the history of the Jagiellonian University . ^[1]

His best known works depicted contemporary historical events, many of which he witnessed, such as " Ko?ciuszko's Oath on the Market Square" and "The Entrance of Prince Jozef Poniatowski into Krakow". He also did genre scenes, portraits, and religious paintings; notably the Stations of the Cross at the Church of St. Casimir the Prince and images for two side altars at the church in Jangrot . He also worked as a lithographer and illustrated the Monumenta regum Poloniae Cracoviensia (Tombs of the Kings of Poland in Krakow). ^[2]

Selected paintings [ edit ]

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  Ko?ciuszko's Oath
  at the Market Square
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  Do?ynki
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  Poniatowski's Entrance into Krakow

References [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

• Zbigniew Michalczyk: Michał Stachowicz (1768-1825): Krakowski malarz mi?dzy barokiem a romantyzmem , Instytut Sztuki PAN, Warszawa 2011 ISBN   83-923438-6-7 .

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michał Stachowicz .

• Article about Stachowicz from the Tygodnik Illustrowany , 1859.
• Monumenta Regum Poloniae Cracoviensia @ the Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library