- Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz
Infobox Artist
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name = Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz
imagesize = 170px
caption = Self-portrait
birthname = Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz
birthdate = 1852
location =Wieliczka ,Austrian Empire
deathdate = death date|1916|1|9|mf=y
deathplace =Kraków ,Austria-Hungary
nationality = Pole
field = Painter
training =
movement =
works = The portrait of Helena Modrzejewska ("Portret Heleny Modrzejewskiej"), The military parade of the Romanian army ("Rewia wojsk rumuńskich")
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awards =Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852 in
Wieliczka –January 9 1916 inKraków ) was a Polish painter.Biography
From 1868 to 1873, he followed
Władysław Luszczkiewicz classes in theFine art school of Krakow. Later, he was inVienna andMunich and inJózef Brandt 's "atelier". In 1877, he travelled to Paris andNear East . In 1882, he lived in Vienna, where he worked for the aristocracy. In 1883, he went to London, where he madePrince of Wales ' portrait. In 1884, toConstantinople , he wassultan Abdhulhamid II 's guest. And he woked later inSofia ,Saint Petersburg andBucharest . He joined the Polish Legions in 1914, duringWorld War I , and he died in one of the battles of this war.He's first cousin wasZygmunt Ajdukiewicz .Works
He is most known of his portraits, like for example "The portrait of Helena Modrzejewska", and his paintings of battle scenes. Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz was interested also in genre painting.
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