Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz

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Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz
Self-portrait
Birth name	Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz
Born	1852 Wieliczka, Poland
Died	January 9, 1916 Kraków, Poland
Nationality	Pole
Field	Painter
Famous works	The portrait of Helena Modrzejewska (Portret Heleny Modrzejewskiej), The military parade of the Romanian army (Rewia wojsk rumuńskich)

Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852 in Wieliczka – January 9, 1916 in Kraków) was a Polish painter.

[edit] Biography

From 1868 to 1873, he followed Władysław Luszczkiewicz classes in the Fine art school of Krakow. Later, he was in Vienna and Munich and in Józef Brandt's atelier. In 1877, he travelled to Paris and Near East. In 1882, he lived in Vienna, where he worked for the aristocracy. In 1883, he went to London, where he made Prince of Wales' portrait. In 1884, to Constantinople, he was sultan Abdhulhamid II's guest. And he woked later in Sofia, Saint Petersburg and Bucharest. He joined the Polish Legions in 1914, during World War I, and he died in one of the battles of this war. He's first cousin was Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz.

[edit] Works

He is most known of his portraits, like for example The portrait of Helena Modrzejewska, and his paintings of battle scenes. Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz was interested also in genre painting.