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Rafał Ślizień

1803 – 1881

Painter, sculptor and medalist of the 19th century. Member of underground societies of Philomaths and Filarets. He created busts, portrait medals and medallions.

In addition to sculpture, he worked in the genre of artistic portraiture, he also created miniatures and caricatures, and was fond of architecture.

Lived and worked in Vilna and its environs.

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June 27, 1803

Born in the village of Bartniki, Grodno province (Russian Empire, now Baranovichi district, Republic of Belarus) in a noble family.

Raphael received his primary education at the Basilian school in the parental estate of Volna, Novogrudok district, then continued his studies at the Jesuit school in Polotsk.

1820

He entered the law faculty of Vilna University. At the same time he attended the Vilna Art School, studied with Jan Rustem and Kazimir Yelsky. While studying at Vilna University, he was a member of the underground societies of philomaths and philaretes.

1826-1829

He worked as a manager at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in St. Petersburg. In the capital, he met the artists Alexander Orlovsky and Vincent Smokovsky, and became friends with the poet Adam Mickiewicz. He began to create his first portrait medals.

1830

At the request of his father, he returned to the Volna estate (near Vilna), where he collected a rich art collection.

May 20, 1881

He died in the Lyubavas estate, not far from Vilnius.