January SUCHODOLSKI, ULLAN OF THE 15th PUŁK OF THE WARSAW PRINCESS (ULLAN AND GIRL), ca. 1840

Oil, duplicated canvas; 136 x 97 cm
On the reverse: Buyno / Soldier of the 15th Uhlans Regiment of the Warsaw Empire
A painting of high artistic and decorative stature.
The lancer with a girl, a scene derived from the popular song There on the Blvd. is a flower shining..., was painted by Suchodolski several times. One of his paintings with this theme is currently in the collection of the National Museum in Wroclaw. The one offered has an unusually large format. The rider is wearing the uniform of the 15th Uhlan Regiment of the Duchy of Warsaw. In the background one can see the panorama of Cracow.
January SUCHODOLSKI
1797 Grodno - 1875 Bojmie
Called "the Polish Vernet, the painter-battleman January Suchodolski was a self-taught artist in his earlier period, who, while serving in the army, was an amateur painter. He participated in the November Uprising, and after its fall went to Rome in 1832, where he studied in the studio and under the direction of Horace Vernet. He returned to Warsaw in 1837, and in 1839 traveled to St. Petersburg, appointed a member of the Academy of Fine Arts there. In 1847 he traveled to Paris. He was one of the founders of the Warsaw Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (1859). He painted battle paintings, usually of the Napoleonic wars, horse portraits and genre scenes with a motif of soldiers and slender, beautiful Arabian horses. The patriotic content, vivid colors and precise drawing of Suchodolski's paintings brought him real fame and success.
Asking price 150000
Estimate 180000 - 200000
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