Background
Alexander Orlowski was born on March 9, 1777 in Warsaw, Poland to a tavern-keeper.
Aleksander Orłowski
Alexander Orlowski was born on March 9, 1777 in Warsaw, Poland to a tavern-keeper.
In early childhood Orlowski became known as a prodigy, and soon princess Izabela Czartoryska financed his first painting classes with the artist Jan Piotr Norblin.
After the Kościuszko Uprising, he returned to Warsaw for further studies, financed by Prince Józef Poniatowski. He studied with many notable painters of the age, including Marcello Bacciarelli and Wincenty Lesserowicz.
In 1793 Orłowski joined the Polish Army and fought in the Kościuszko Uprising against Imperial Russia and Prussia; he was wounded and returned to Warsaw.
In 1802, after the Partitions of Poland, Orłowski moved to Russia, where he became a pioneer of lithography.
His works include countless sketches of everyday life in Poland and Russia, and scenes from the Kościuszko Uprising and other Polish wars.
Alexander Orlowski died on March 13, 1832 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Head of a Cat
Town Carriage (Droshky)
Seascape At Night
Portrait of a Ballet Dancer L. A. Duport
Portrait of the Architect Giacomo Quarenghi
Peasant in a Cart
Grass
Portrait of Petr Shalikov
Head of a Horse
Portrait of a Cabman
A Traveler in a Kibitka (Hooded Cart or Sledge)
Portrait of an Italian Composer Muzio Clementi
Head of a Horse
In the Suburbs of St. Petersburg
Portrait of Leo Pushkin
Self-portrait in a Suit of a Caucasian Warrior
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of K. I. Seidel
Portrait of Denis Davydov
A Mounted Cossack Escorting a Peasant
Cossack Fighting off a Tiger
Portrait of A. M. Lanskaya
Portrait of a Girl
Convicts under Escort
Peasants by the Carriage
Portrait of A. P. Lanskoy
Portrait of Artamon Denisov
Battle of Cossaks with Kirgizes
Shipwreck
Portrait of a Negro, Orlovski's Servant
Polish Insurgents in the Forrest at Night
Horsemen
Self-Portrait