Fajans was born in Sieradz to Jewish parents and studied at Warsaw"s School of Fine Arts (Szkoła Sztuk Pięknych) in 1844-1849, and between 1850 and 1853 he worked and stationed in Paris, where he was a pupil of the Dutch–French painter Ary Scheffer.
School of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
Fajans established one of the first photography studios in Warsaw. In 1851-1863 he published 14 folios of Wizerunki polskie (Polish Images) after his own drawings, and in 1851-1861, 24 folios of Wzory sztuki średniowiecznej (Images of Medieval Art) after drawings by L. Łepkowski, B. Podczaszyński and others In chromolithography he published Kwiaty i poezje (Flowers and Poems, 1858, after his own drawings), illustrations for albums and books (Karola Gustawa trofea—Carl Gustav"s Trophies—by East Tyszkiewicz, 1856.
Album widoków Polski—Album of Polish Views—by North Orda, 1875-1883).
He also collaborated with the publisher, Samuel Orgelbrand. In addition, he worked in utilitarian graphics (calendars, diplomas).
Fajans"s portraits of notable contemporaries included:
Aleksander Fredro
Andrzej Artur Zamoyski
Antoni Edward Odyniec
August Cieszkowski
Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
January Suchodolski
Józef Bohdan Zaleski
Józef Elsner
Karol Libelt
Karol Lipiński
Lucjan Siemieński
Teodor Narbutt
Józef Kremer.
