Artist

Piotr Michałowski

Portrait of Piotr Michałowski
Portrait of Piotr Michałowski

Polish, 1800–1855

Piotr Michałowski was a Polish Realism artist. 63 works are cataloged here, principally at National Museum in Kraków. Piotr Michałowski was born in Kraków.

Piotr Michałowski (July 2, 1800 – June 9, 1855) was a Polish painter of the Romantic period, especially known for his many portraits, and oil studies of horses. Broadly educated, he was also a social activist, legal advocate, city administrator and President of the Kraków Agricultural Society (starting in 1853). The Sukiennice Museum, a division of the National Museum in Kraków, contains a room that is named after him and devoted to Michałowski's work.

Works by Piotr Michałowski

63 works in the catalog · 24 shown

Collections represented

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