Rafał Hadziewicz

Rafał Hadziewicz ( born October 13, 1803 in Zamch; † September 7, 1883 in Kielce ) was a Polish historical painter and icon.

Life

Hadziewicz was born in Zamch. From 1816 to 1822 he attended art school. In 1822 he studied at the Warsaw University, among others with the known painters Anton Blank and Antoni Brodowski. After receiving a scholarship, he traveled to Dresden in 1829 and later to Paris, where he studied at the famous French school of painting. In 1831 he continued his studies in Rome. He remained in Rome for a self-study of the masters. During this time he recorded many well-preserved drawings.

In 1834 he went to Krakow and painted there some icons of the Orthodox churches. In 1839 he left Krakow and went to Moscow, where he headed the Department of Fine Arts and mathematics until 1844. In that year he returned to Warsaw, where he was a professor at the Warsaw School of Art. By the end of his life, in 1871, he was supposed to start a new job at the University of Kielce.

Five weeks before his 80th birthday died Hadziewicz on September 7, 1883 in Kielce and found his last resting place in the Powązki cemetery in Warsaw.

Reception

Hadziewicz painted innumerable religious portraits and portraits, but he was also known for his historical pictures, which are often compared to the Italian Renaissance and the European Baroque.

Works

• Disputation of Saint Augustine to the Donatists.
• Salome with the head of John. In 1835.
• The Holy Praxedis. In 1838.
• The St. Valentine as a nurse. 1839.