General Pershing, by Jan Chełmiński
Jan Chełmiński, also known as Jan van Chelminski, born Jan Władysław Chełmiński (Brzustów, 27 January 1851 – 1925), was a Polish painter.
Life
Chełmiński entered the Munich Academy of Fine Arts on 14 April 1875 (Register: 3144) and worked throughout Europe. From 1895 he lived in New York, though in 1893 he had taken out British citizenship.[1]
He married twice. After divorcing his first wife, Marie Henschel (1858–?), he married Leonie Knoedler, sister of Roland Knoedler, of the famous New York art dealership, Knoedler.
Chełmiński was best known in his lifetime for his historical works, especially those dealing with military history and the Napoleonic Wars.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ National Archives: record of naturalisation as a British citizen 1893
- ↑ (in Polish) Agnieszka Kwiecień, "Żandarm" odzyskany Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Kultura i Sztuka, Presspublica, 30-01-2009 (Painting by Jan Władysław Chełmiński from the series „Wojsko Księstwa Warszawskiego” returns to Poland)
External links
Media related to Jan Chełmiński at Wikimedia Commons
- Works by or about Jan Chełmiński at Internet Archive
- Works online
- Jan Chełmiński, biography at the Kosciuszko Foundation(Wayback Machine)
- Jan Chełmiński extensive biography, birth certificate, his paintings]
- Jan Chełmiński exhibition catalogs
- portrait of Jan Chelminsk(Minnesota Historical Society)
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