Talk:Henryk Siemiradzki
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[edit] Polish-Russian painter?
I has been stated that Siemiradzki is a Polish-Russian painter (by Ghirlandajo), perhaps judgin by his birthplace near Kharkov and studies in St Petersburg. However there appears to be little Russian about him upon closer inspection, apart from the fact that Poland was part of the Russian empire at the time. While he clearly must have hade Russian connections from studying in St Petersburg for 6 years, his Italian connections appear even more prominent since much of his work was created in Rome.
Also, while he was born much further east near Kharkov, this simply appears to have been where his Polish family was staying at the time (temporary residence elsewhere in the empire was common among szlachta families), judging by the fact that he had an estate near Czestochowa, deep inside Poland. Deuar 16:31, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
- I have an impression that it is indeed an invention of Ghirlandajo as there was indeed little Russian about Siemiradzki. It's nice that someone would like to get a share of his fame for himself, but I doubt wikipedia is the best place for that. And if being born in the Russian empire is enough to become a Russian, then most certainly so was Piłsudski... Does it mean that he was a Russian as well? //Halibutt 12:24, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
