Franciszek Tepa

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Franciszek Tepa
Franciszek Tepa, 1866; portrait by Artur Grottger
Born17 September 1829
Died23 December 1889
Lwów
NationalityPolish
EducationAkademia Stanowa; Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1847-1848)
Known forPainter
MovementOrientalist

Franciszek Tomasz Tepa (17 September 1829, Lwów - 23 December 1889, Lwów) was a Polish mid-19th century realist painter who specialized in portraits and Orientalist themes.[1] During the Revolutions of 1848 (also known as the Spring of Nations), Tepa became politically involved in the independence movement. He produced a series of portraits of Polish leaders of the November Uprising against the foreign Partitions of Poland including Joachim Lelewel, Józef Dwernicki and Józef Chłopicki among many others; and was jailed as political prisoner while in the Austro-Hungarian capital of Vienna.[1]

Biography

His father was a confectioner. He began his artistic studies at the "Akademia Stanowa" with Jan Maszkowski [pl] from 1842 to 1844, later attending the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1847 to 1848, where he studied with Ferdinand Waldmüller; the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich from 1849 to 1852, where his teacher was Wilhelm Kaulbach; and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts from 1854 to 1860, under Ary Scheffer and Léon Cogniet.[2] While in Vienna, he participated in the Revolutions of 1848.[1]

In Egypt (Near Alexandria, 1852)

In 1852, together with Galician separatist Adam Józef Potocki, his wife, and the journalist Maurycy Mann (1814-1876), Tepa took a trip through Greece, Egypt and Palestine which resulted in some of the first examples of Polish Orientalism.[2] He also brought back some antiquities that were later displayed in the Ossolineum.[1]

Upon his return from Paris in 1860, he settled permanently in Lwów, where he produced studies of the local folk-life and landscapes on behalf of Count Włodzimierz Dzieduszycki, a founder of the "State Museum of Natural History". During this time, he was offered a Professorship at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, but refused because of his desire to remain in Lwów.[1]

He specialized in portraits, becoming well known for his miniatures painted on ivory, and gave some lessons. One of his best-known students was Franciszek Żmurko. Many of his works remained in Lwów (Lviv) when the area passed to Ukrainian control after World War II.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Beata Kost, "Franciszek Tepa - malarz rzeczy drobnych" (Painter of small things) in the Kurier Galicyjski, 26 January 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Franciszek Tepa (1828 - 1889, Polska). Brief biography at AgraArt Auction House. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

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