Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz

Count Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz (1874 – 1932) was a Polish portrait, category and landscape artist, a theatre director as well as a playwright.

Dunin-Markiewicz studied jurisprudence at the university as well as painting at the Polish Academy of the Belle Arts in Kiev, starting in 1892. In 1895 he transferred to the Academy of Arts in Paris. Whilst there, in 1899, he met Constance Gore-Booth (later known as the "Countess Markiewicz"). They married in London in 1900 and their daughter, Maeve, was born the following year. [S. Pašeta, "Markievicz , Constance Georgine, Countess Markievicz in the Polish nobility (1868–1927)", "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37472, accessed 29 Sept 2007] ] From 1902 the couple lived in Dublin.

The largest part of his art collection is held in Dublin, some remain in Poland (Muzeum Narodowe in Krakow and in private collections). Fact|date=October 2007 His talent points itself particularly to the large Ölportraits of Polish presidents Piłsudski and Wojciechowski. Fact|date=October 2007

Towards the end of his life Dunin-Markiewicz was active in Warsaw, as well as a correspondent for English magazines, such as the "Londoner Daily News". A catalog for his works is still pending.

He died in Warsaw, Poland in 1932. [ [http://poll.imdb.com/name/nm2454441/ Count Markiewicz at www.imdb.com] ]

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