His father was a magistrate. While working for the Ministry of Education in Warsaw, he presented samples of his calligraphy to Ministry headquarters and was sent at government expense, from 1817 to 1824, to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg with Nikolai Utkin,[1] where he received several silver medals.
In 1832, he received an offer of employment at the Academy, but he chose to become part of the Great Emigration and settled in Paris, where he remained until his death. He contributed engravings to several "clandestine" Polish language publications including Babin na obcej ziemi (Babin in a Strange Land, by the "Babin Republic")[2] and issued two albums with text; Rozmaitości polskie (Polish Miscellany, 1833) and Wspomnienia o polakach, co słynęli w obcych i odległych krajach (Memories of the Poles who became famous in foreign countries, 1843). He also illustrated the Polish history of Lucjan Siemieński and several works by Leonard Chodźko.[1]
His younger brothers both became artists. Seweryn Oleszczyński [ru] was an engraver for the Bank of Poland and Władysław was a noted sculptor.
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antoni, oleszczyński, january, 1794, krasnystaw, february, 1879, paris, polish, graphic, artist, copperplate, engraver, 1863, contents, biography, selected, portraits, references, further, reading, external, linksbiography, edithis, father, magistrate, while, . Antoni Oleszczynski 16 January 1794 Krasnystaw 28 February 1879 Paris was a Polish graphic artist and copperplate engraver Antoni Oleszczynski 1863 Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected portraits 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksBiography editHis father was a magistrate While working for the Ministry of Education in Warsaw he presented samples of his calligraphy to Ministry headquarters and was sent at government expense from 1817 to 1824 to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg with Nikolai Utkin 1 where he received several silver medals Upon graduating he was awarded a gold medal for his engraving of Alexander Kokorinov after a portrait by Dmitry Levitzky He then went to Paris again at government expense where he worked in the studios of the painter Jean Baptiste Regnault and the engraver Theodore Richomme 1 After that he spent four years in Florence In 1832 he received an offer of employment at the Academy but he chose to become part of the Great Emigration and settled in Paris where he remained until his death He contributed engravings to several clandestine Polish language publications including Babin na obcej ziemi Babin in a Strange Land by the Babin Republic 2 and issued two albums with text Rozmaitosci polskie Polish Miscellany 1833 and Wspomnienia o polakach co slyneli w obcych i odleglych krajach Memories of the Poles who became famous in foreign countries 1843 He also illustrated the Polish history of Lucjan Siemienski and several works by Leonard Chodzko 1 His younger brothers both became artists Seweryn Oleszczynski ru was an engraver for the Bank of Poland and Wladyslaw was a noted sculptor Selected portraits edit nbsp Tadeusz Kosciuszko nbsp Andrzej Artur Zamoyski nbsp Joanna of Austria Princess of Portugal nbsp Stanislaw Bonifacy Jundzill nbsp Nicolaus CopernicusReferences edit a b c Biographical notes Milosnicy Grafiki Listing the University of Warsaw Library Further reading editWspomnienia o polakach complete text Google books External links edit nbsp Media related to Antoni Oleszczynski at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antoni Oleszczynski amp oldid 1215073360, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
