Background
Ajdukiewicz was born in Wieliczka.
Ajdukiewicz was born in Wieliczka.
He was educated in Krakow in the Austrian sector of the Partitioned Poland. From 1868 to 1873, he studied under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz in the School of Fine Arts in KrakóWest Later, he travelled to Vienna and Munich on a scholarship along with Wojciech Kossak and studied in Józef Brandt"s atelier among other places.
He died in the armed struggle for Poland"s independence around Krakow during World War I.
In 1877, Ajdukiewicz travelled to Paris and the Near East with Count Władysław Branicki. In 1882, he lived in Vienna, where he worked on commissions for the aristocracy. He painted a portrait of the Prince of Wales in 1883 while staying in London.
Ajdukiewicz travelled to Constantinople in 1884, and was a guest of Sultan Abdul Hamid World War II Subsequently, he worked in Sofia, Saint St. Petersburg and Bucharest.
He joined the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions in 1914 created by Józef Piłsudski, and died in battle around Krakow on January 9, 1916 during World War I.