Jan Kanty Maszkowski


Jan Kanty Maszkowski was a Polish painter known for portraits, history and genre paintings.
Jan Maszkowski in 1813-1818 studied at School of Drawing at University of Lviv,. 1818-1820 he studied painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Heinrich Friedricha Füger and Johann Baptist von Lampi; in 1820-1824 in Rome at Accademia di San Luca and travelled to Italy,. In 1824-1825 again in Vienna. After return in family sides in May 1825, he depicted paintings on Volhynia, and taught drawing and painting at School of Drawing at University of Lviv. He established the school of painting in Lvov; there among his pupils were: Konstanty Dzbański, Artur Grottger, Juliusz Kossak, Florian Lunda, Karol Młodnicki, Szczęsny Morawski, Aleksander Raczyński, Henryk Rodakowski, Stanisław Tarnowski, Franciszek Tepa, and his son Marceli Maszkowski.

Family

He was father of Karol – rector of Lviv Polytechnic, Marceliportrait painter from Lvov, and Rafał – violinist and conductor, and three daughters: Franciszka, Fryderyka and Joanna. Jan was grandfather of Karol Zyndram Maszkowski

Works

Works of Jan Maszkowski are in: National Museum in Cracow, National Museum in Wroclaw and in Ossolineum; as well as on Ukraine.

Portraits:
historical paintings:
genre paintings:
and religious paintings:
Landscapes: