Henryk Pillati (1832–1894)

Henryk Pillati, a Polish illustrator and history painter, navigated a challenging life to create art, from decorating Vistula River steamships to illustrating literary classics.

ABOUT

Henryk Pillati (19 January 1832 – 16 April 1894) was a Polish illustrator, caricaturist and history painter, in the Classical style. == Biography == He was born to a wealthy family. In 1845, at age thirteen, he entered the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Three years later, both of his parents died during a cholera epidemic. This forced him to leave school and find work to support his surviving younger siblings. He managed to get by selling small paintings of genre scenes and…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Wounded uhlan by the wayside shrine 1853 · National Museum in Warsaw Iron-Gate Square 1853 · National Museum in Warsaw Ruins of the castle – merry-making in Tenczynek 1855 · National Museum in Warsaw Dispersion of nations 1857 · National Museum in Warsaw Return from the fair 1857 · National Museum in Warsaw In front of the church 1862 · National Museum in Warsaw

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Jacques-Louis DavidNeoclassicism Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresNeoclassicism Eugène DelacroixRomanticism Peter Paul RubensBaroque

Influenced

Jan MatejkoHistoricism Józef ChełmońskiRealism Wojciech GersonRealism Aleksander GierymskiRealism