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Michał Kulesza

1799 – 1863

The artist worked in the technique of oil and gouache painting, lithography. One of the first lithographers in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

He worked in the historical genre of landscape: the artist chose mainly places where major historical events took place or famous people lived. He was interested in national-historical ethnography.

Few of his works have remained, they are in the Vilnius Art Museum.

Lived and worked on the territory of Belarus, spent the last years of his life in Bialystok (Poland).

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Selected dates:

November 26th, 1799

Born in Vilna (Russian Empire, now Vilnius, Lithuania).

He studied at the Cistercian elementary school in Traskuny, studied drawing at the Vilna gymnasium with Jan Damel.

1821

He entered the Vilna University, studied at the Vilna Art School at the university with Jan Rustem.

1823

He was arrested for participating in a secret student society of Filarets.

1824

Was re-arrested. Released in the same year on bail, the artist was forced to leave for the estate of the princes Drutsky-Lyubetsky Lunino, Pinsk district, Minsk province, where he taught princely children to draw.

1829

Received the title of Doctor of Philosophy of Arts.

1840s

The artist conceives a series of lithographs, which he is going to publish in the form of albums. The series was supposed to consist of several dozen graphic sheets depicting the most remarkable places in Belarus, Lithuania and Volyn. It was possible to publish only one, the first notebook of the album (1850) in a Parisian printing house. It includes six lithographs.

1839

He lived in Grodno, where he taught at a private school.

1844

He moved to work at an institute in Bialystok.

1863

He died in Bialystok (Russian Empire, now Poland).