Wilczynski Roman ( Polish Roman Wilczynski ) ( 1807 , Sandomierz Voivodeship (Kingdom of Poland) , perhaps Kielce - 1846 (?)) - Polish miniaturist , watercolorist , draftsman [1] .
| Roman Vilchinsky | |
|---|---|
 Self-Portrait in Rebel Costume, 1842 | |
| Date of Birth | 1807 |
| Place of Birth | Sandomierz Voivodeship (Kingdom of Poland) , Kielce (?) |
| Date of death | 1846 (?) |
| Genre | portraitist |
For the portraits of the participants in the Polish uprising and for the caricature portrait of the Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich in 1834, he was recruited and exiled to the Caucasus .
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Biography
In the late 1820s he worked in Kielce and, presumably, in Krakow . In 1828 in Kielce, he created the well-known engraved portrait of the rector of the Krakow Jagiellonian University Sebastian Girtler ( National Museum in Krakow ) and the drawing “Clothes of a wealthy Kelchanin” [1] .
In 1834, for portraits of participants in the Polish uprising of 1830–31 and for a caricature portrait of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich was recruited and exiled to the Caucasus [1] .
The Vicar of the Kingdom of Poland, Ivan Paskevich-Erivansky, in his report to Nicholas I wrote:
| The portrait painter, Roman Vilchinski, makes portraits of people who distinguished themselves during the Polish insurrection of 1831 ... he painted three portraits of the murdered colonel Sauvinsky (a member of the Polish uprising), painted the portrait of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich in a caricature and an insulting inscription and because Wilchinski served as therefore, the ranks of the rebels were to be converted into Russian troops; I ordered him to be sent to serve in a separate Caucasian corps [2] . |
In Tiflis, the exiled Pole served as a private at first in the 1st linear Caucasian battalion, from 1836 in the 16th linear Georgian battalion. During these years, he became close to the representatives of the foremost Georgian intelligentsia, found friendly support in the family of Adjutant General Baron Grigori Vladimirovich Rosen , a relative of the Decembrist Andrei Rosen . In essence, he became the home artist of his corps commander: he lived in the house of G.V. Rosen, gave lessons in painting and drawing to his daughters, wrote portraits of the Rosen family: Baron [3] , two older daughters of Lydia (1817–1866) and Adelaide ( 1819 / 1820-1860), former freelines, son-in-law - Colonel Alexander Leonovich Dadiani . In addition to the family, Rosen Vilchinsky wrote portraits of officers, acquaintances and even well-known Georgian figures: Tsarevna Tekle , Jason Chavchavadze , Ivan Adronnikov , IK Bagration-Mukhransky [2] .
He was close to the circles of M. Yu. Lermontov and the Decembrists . In 1835, in Pyatigorsk, he executed the portrait of Maria Ivanovna Verzilina, in whose house Mikhail Lermontov had a quarrel with Nikolai Martynov [1] .
In 1837, he was sent to Vyatka, because he wanted to propagate and distribute among the general public a portrait of Alexander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky - the Decembrist, who died in the Caucasus in 1837 in a battle with the mountaineers at Cape Adler [2] .
In Vyatka in 1837 and 1842, he painted two of his self-portraits. In July 1846 he received permission to leave home. The fate of the artist is unknown [1] .
Artistic heritage
The works of Roman Vilchinsky are kept in museums of Russia , Uzbekistan and in a number of museums of European cities: a series of 45 portraits of officers of the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon Regiment ( Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts ), two portraits of Vladimir Vasilyevich (1844) and Vasily Semenovich Rostovshchikov (1845) ( Literary Art Museum-Priyutino estate [4] , two self-portraits (office of miniatures of the National Museum of Warsaw ), miniature portraits painted on ivory plates with watercolor ( All-Russian Museum of A.S. Pushkin , Museum of IRLI RAS , State History ical museum , State Museum of Art of Uzbekistan ) [5] [1] .
M.A. Verzilina, 1835
Lydia Rosen, 1836
M.A. Rosen, 1836
Adelaide Rosen, 1836
Literature
- Schidlof LR La miniature en Europe aux 16e — 17e — 18e et Vol. 1-4. Gzaz-Austria, 1964.
- Selimova T. A. Roman Vilchinsky // Monuments of Culture: New Discoveries. Yearbook, 1986. L., 1987. p. 261-270.
- Portrait miniature in Russia of the 18th - 19th centuries from the collection of the State Historical Museum. L .: Artist of the RSFSR, 1988. p. 299-300.
- Sakharova I.M. The previously unknown miniature brush by Xavier de Mesr; Attribution of a miniature portrait by R. Vilchinsky // Messages of the State Tretyakov Gallery: Ancient Art. Art XVIII - I half of the XIX century. M, 1995. S. 101-112.
- Efimova I.S. Two portraits by Roman Vilchinsky from the collection of the Priyutino Museum-Estate // Monuments of Culture. New discoveries: writing. Art. Archeology: Yearbook / Scientific. Council on the History of World Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Edited .: D.S. Likhachev et al. M .: Nauka, 2000. ISBN 5-02-011597-5 . S. 334-337.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 State Tretyakov Gallery. Catalog of the collection. Portrait miniature of the XVIII - beginning of the XX century / Under the general editorship of Ya. V. Bruk and L. I. Iovleva. M .: Red Square, 1997. p. 157.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Wilchinski Roman 1807 - 1846 // Artru.info
- “Russian portraits of the 18th and 19th centuries. Publication of Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich Romanov. V. 5. Table 85.
- ↑ Priyutino Museum-Estate on the website of the State Catalog of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
- Э Konovalov E. New complete biographical dictionary of Russian artists. M .: Eksmo, 2008. p. 104.