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'''Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz''' (22 January 1861 – 29 April 1917) was a Polish realist [[Painting|painter]] of the late 19th century specializing in portraits, [[genre works|genre]] and historical painting. Ajdukiewicz, was born and raised in the [[Austrian Partition|Austrian sector]] of [[Partitioned Poland]], settled in the imperial capital upon the completion of his studies, but maintained a close connection with his homeland. While in [[Vienna]], he illustrated the epic novel [[The Deluge (novel)|''The Deluge'']] (''Potop'') by Polish [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize-winning]] novelist [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://artyzm.com/artysta.php?id=1 | title=Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz | publisher=Artyzm.com | work=Bio and selected painting | access-date=December 10, 2012 | language=pl, en}}</ref><ref name="AGRA" />
'''Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz''' (22 January 1861 – 29 April 1917) was a Polish realist [[Painting|painter]] of the late 19th century specializing in portraits, [[genre works|genre]] and historical painting. Ajdukiewicz, was born and raised in [[Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria|Galicia]], settled in the imperial capital upon the completion of his studies, but maintained a close connection with his homeland. While in [[Vienna]], he illustrated the epic novel [[The Deluge (novel)|''The Deluge'']] (''Potop'') by Polish [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize-winning]] novelist [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://artyzm.com/artysta.php?id=1 | title=Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz | publisher=Artyzm.com | work=Bio and selected painting | access-date=December 10, 2012 | language=pl, en}}</ref><ref name="AGRA" />


==Biography==
==Biography==
Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz was born in [[Witkowice, Podkarpackie Voivodeship|Witkowice]] near [[Tarnobrzeg]] in south-eastern Poland. He studied painting at the [[Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts|Kraków Academy of Fine Arts]] originally. From 1880 to 1882, he studied at the [[Academy of Fine Arts Vienna|Academy of Vienna]] and, from 1883 at the [[Munich Academy]] under Johann Herterich,<ref name="AGRA" /> associated with the [[Munich School]] of [[Naturalism (art)|naturalism]]. He settled permanently in Vienna in 1885 as popular painter of the Austrian court where he was also referred to as Zygismund or Sigismund von Ajdukiewicz.<ref name="wdl.org" /> In 1893 he went to Paris. Back in Vienna, he worked on a long series of original artwork for the 24-volume encyclopedia initiated and sponsored by [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria|Prince Rudolf]] as evidence of his imperial achievements (''Kronprinzenwerk''). It was a major publishing project printed in German and Hungarian between 1886–1902 under the title ''[[The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture|Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture]]''. Subsequent volumes were published long after Rudolf's death which took place in January 1889.<ref name="wdl.org" /> Ajdukiewicz painted panels for the encyclopedia depicting various nationalities, ethnic groups and minorities represented in [[Austria-Hungary]].<ref name="wdl.org">{{cite web | url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4314/ | title=A Ruthenian Lyrist | publisher=Austrian National Library, Picture Archives Department | work=Ajdukiewicz, Sigismond von (1861-1917) | date=March 7, 2012 | access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> He also produced a series of 12 paintings about the life of [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] published in 1892 as an art-album by F. Bondy.<ref name="AGRA" /> He made a life-size standing portrait of Archduke [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Franz Ferdinand]] as a hunter (1913).<ref name="Brückler">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FdDqspxstoMC&q=Ajdukiewicz+1917&pg=PA554 | title=Ajdukiewicz, Zygmunt | publisher=Böhlau Verlag Wien | work=Thronfolger Franz Ferdinand als Denkmalpfleger: die "Kunstakten" der Militärkanzlei im Österreichischen Staatsarchiv (Kriegsarchiv) | year=2009 | access-date=December 12, 2012 | author=Theodor Brückler | page=554 | isbn=978-3205783060}}</ref>
Ajdukiewicz was born in [[Witkowice, Podkarpackie Voivodeship|Witkowice]] near [[Tarnobrzeg]] in Austrian Galicia. He studied painting at the [[Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts|Kraków Academy of Fine Arts]] originally. From 1880 to 1882, he studied at the [[Academy of Fine Arts Vienna|Academy of Vienna]] and, from 1883 at the [[Munich Academy]] under Johann Herterich,<ref name="AGRA" /> associated with the [[Munich School]] of [[Naturalism (art)|naturalism]]. He settled permanently in Vienna in 1885 as popular painter of the Austrian court where he was also referred to as Zygismund or Sigismund von Ajdukiewicz.<ref name="wdl.org" /> In 1893 he went to Paris. Back in Vienna, he worked on a long series of original artwork for the 24-volume encyclopedia initiated and sponsored by [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria|Prince Rudolf]] as evidence of his imperial achievements (''Kronprinzenwerk''). It was a major publishing project printed in German and Hungarian between 1886 and 1902 under the title ''[[The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture|Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture]]''. Subsequent volumes were published long after Rudolf's death which took place in January 1889.<ref name="wdl.org" /> Ajdukiewicz painted panels for the encyclopedia depicting various nationalities, ethnic groups and minorities represented in [[Austria-Hungary]].<ref name="wdl.org">{{cite web | url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4314/ | title=A Ruthenian Lyrist | publisher=Austrian National Library, Picture Archives Department | work=Ajdukiewicz, Sigismond von (1861-1917) | date=March 7, 2012 | access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> He also produced a series of 12 paintings about the life of [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] published in 1892 as an art-album by F. Bondy.<ref name="AGRA" /> He made a life-size standing portrait of Archduke [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Franz Ferdinand]] as a hunter (1913).<ref name="Brückler">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FdDqspxstoMC&q=Ajdukiewicz+1917&pg=PA554 | title=Ajdukiewicz, Zygmunt | publisher=Böhlau Verlag Wien | work=Thronfolger Franz Ferdinand als Denkmalpfleger: die "Kunstakten" der Militärkanzlei im Österreichischen Staatsarchiv (Kriegsarchiv) | year=2009 | access-date=December 12, 2012 | author=Theodor Brückler | page=554 | isbn=978-3205783060}}</ref>


===Recognition===
===Recognition===
Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz exhibited in Kraków, Warsaw, Lwów, Vienna, Berlin, Munich and Prague.<ref name="AGRA" /> His paintings received top awards at international art exhibitions including Gold Medal in Vienna and Gold Medal Second Class in Berlin in 1891, as well as the 1898 Gold Medal Second Class in Vienna and Silver Medal at the 1894 competition in Lwów (Lemberg).<ref name="AGRA" /> His works can be found in numerous museums and national art galleries across Poland such as the [[National Museum in Warsaw]], [[National Museum, Kraków|Kraków]], [[National Museum, Wrocław|Wrocław]], state collections at the royal [[Wawel]] and, Museum of Upper Silesia in [[Bytom]],<ref name="AGRA">{{cite web | url=http://www.agraart.pl/cgi-bin/obiekt.cgi?act=1&qt=1355196010&nr=14632 | title=Ajdukiewicz Zygmunt (1861 - 1917) | publisher=Agra Art Auction House | date=2000–2001 | access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> but also at the Viennese [[Vienna Museum|Historical Museum]].<ref name="Brückler" /> Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz was the first cousin of Polish [[fin de siècle]] painter [[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] who was nine years older than him. He died in [[Vienna]] in 1917.<ref name="Agra">{{cite web | url=http://www.agraart.pl/htdocs/galeria/gitem.php?id_item=14632&exp=f | title=Ajdukiewicz, Zygmunt (Poland) | publisher=Agra Art Auction House | access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref>
Ajdukiewicz exhibited in Kraków, Warsaw, Lwów, Vienna, Berlin, Munich and Prague.<ref name="AGRA" /> His paintings received top awards at international art exhibitions including Gold Medal in Vienna and Gold Medal Second Class in Berlin in 1891, as well as the 1898 Gold Medal Second Class in Vienna and Silver Medal at the 1894 competition in Lwów (Lemberg).<ref name="AGRA" /> His works can be found in numerous museums and national art galleries across Poland such as the [[National Museum in Warsaw]], [[National Museum, Kraków|Kraków]], [[National Museum, Wrocław|Wrocław]], state collections at the royal [[Wawel]] and, Museum of Upper Silesia in [[Bytom]],<ref name="AGRA">{{cite web | url=http://www.agraart.pl/cgi-bin/obiekt.cgi?act=1&qt=1355196010&nr=14632 | title=Ajdukiewicz Zygmunt (1861 - 1917) | publisher=Agra Art Auction House | date=2000–2001 | access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> but also at the Viennese [[Vienna Museum|Historical Museum]].<ref name="Brückler" /> Ajdukiewicz was the first cousin of Polish [[fin de siècle]] painter [[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] who was nine years older than him. He died in [[Vienna]] in 1917.<ref name="Agra">{{cite web | url=http://www.agraart.pl/htdocs/galeria/gitem.php?id_item=14632&exp=f | title=Ajdukiewicz, Zygmunt (Poland) | publisher=Agra Art Auction House | access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref>


{{Gallery|title=Selected oil paintings|width=130|height=140|lines=1|align=center
{{Gallery|title=Selected oil paintings|width=130|height=140|align=center
|File:AjdukiewiczZygmunt.PortretAdolfaWeisenberga.1901.jpg|''Adolf Weisenberg''
|File:AjdukiewiczZygmunt.PortretAdolfaWeisenberga.1901.jpg|''Adolf Weisenberg''
|File:AjdukiewiczZygmunt.ZGesiamiNaTarg.1894.jpg|''To Market''
|File:AjdukiewiczZygmunt.ZGesiamiNaTarg.1894.jpg|''To Market''
|File:Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz Ritterturnier 1912.jpg|''Tournament''
|File:Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz Ritterturnier 1912.jpg|''Tournament''
|File:Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (untitled) 1917.jpg|''Portrait of a Man''
|File:Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (untitled) 1917.jpg|''Portrait of a Man''
|File:Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz - Generous alms - MP 1943 MNW - National Museum in Warsaw.jpg|''Generous [[alms]]''
}}
}}

{{Gallery|title=Selected plates from ''Kronprinzenwerk'' Encyclopedia of Austria-Hungary|width=180|height=120|lines=1|align=center
{{Gallery|title=Selected plates from ''Kronprinzenwerk'' Encyclopedia of Austria-Hungary|width=180|height=120|align=center
|File:Ernte in Westgalizien, Getreideernte 1898.jpg|''Harvest''
|File:Ernte in Westgalizien, Getreideernte 1898.jpg|''Harvest''
|File:Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz Trachten der Trachtentypen von Krakowiaken und Goralen -in- Die österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild - Galizien Wien 1898 S. 271.jpg|''Highlanders''
|File:Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz Trachten der Trachtentypen von Krakowiaken und Goralen -in- Die österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild - Galizien Wien 1898 S. 271.jpg|''Highlanders''
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 24 November 2024

Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz
Kulig
Born
Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz

22 January 1861
Witkowice
Died29 April 1917(1917-04-29) (aged 56)
Vienna
NationalityPolish
Known forPainter
Notable workEncyclopedia: The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture (Die österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild)
MovementRealism
Awards1891 Gold Medal in Vienna and in Berlin and at 1898 Vienna exhibitions, 1894 Silver Medal in Lwów (Lemberg)

Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (22 January 1861 – 29 April 1917) was a Polish realist painter of the late 19th century specializing in portraits, genre and historical painting. Ajdukiewicz, was born and raised in Galicia, settled in the imperial capital upon the completion of his studies, but maintained a close connection with his homeland. While in Vienna, he illustrated the epic novel The Deluge (Potop) by Polish Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz.[1][2]

Biography

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Ajdukiewicz was born in Witkowice near Tarnobrzeg in Austrian Galicia. He studied painting at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts originally. From 1880 to 1882, he studied at the Academy of Vienna and, from 1883 at the Munich Academy under Johann Herterich,[2] associated with the Munich School of naturalism. He settled permanently in Vienna in 1885 as popular painter of the Austrian court where he was also referred to as Zygismund or Sigismund von Ajdukiewicz.[3] In 1893 he went to Paris. Back in Vienna, he worked on a long series of original artwork for the 24-volume encyclopedia initiated and sponsored by Prince Rudolf as evidence of his imperial achievements (Kronprinzenwerk). It was a major publishing project printed in German and Hungarian between 1886 and 1902 under the title Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture. Subsequent volumes were published long after Rudolf's death which took place in January 1889.[3] Ajdukiewicz painted panels for the encyclopedia depicting various nationalities, ethnic groups and minorities represented in Austria-Hungary.[3] He also produced a series of 12 paintings about the life of Tadeusz Kościuszko published in 1892 as an art-album by F. Bondy.[2] He made a life-size standing portrait of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as a hunter (1913).[4]

Recognition

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Ajdukiewicz exhibited in Kraków, Warsaw, Lwów, Vienna, Berlin, Munich and Prague.[2] His paintings received top awards at international art exhibitions including Gold Medal in Vienna and Gold Medal Second Class in Berlin in 1891, as well as the 1898 Gold Medal Second Class in Vienna and Silver Medal at the 1894 competition in Lwów (Lemberg).[2] His works can be found in numerous museums and national art galleries across Poland such as the National Museum in Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, state collections at the royal Wawel and, Museum of Upper Silesia in Bytom,[2] but also at the Viennese Historical Museum.[4] Ajdukiewicz was the first cousin of Polish fin de siècle painter Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz who was nine years older than him. He died in Vienna in 1917.[5]

Selected oil paintings
  • Adolf Weisenberg
    Adolf Weisenberg
  • To Market
    To Market
  • Tournament
    Tournament
  • Portrait of a Man
    Portrait of a Man
  • Generous alms
    Generous alms
Selected plates from Kronprinzenwerk Encyclopedia of Austria-Hungary
  • Harvest
    Harvest
  • Highlanders
    Highlanders
  • Christmas Ride
    Christmas Ride
  • Powislanie
    Powislanie

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz". Bio and selected painting (in Polish and English). Artyzm.com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Ajdukiewicz Zygmunt (1861 - 1917)". Agra Art Auction House. 2000–2001. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "A Ruthenian Lyrist". Ajdukiewicz, Sigismond von (1861-1917). Austrian National Library, Picture Archives Department. March 7, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Theodor Brückler (2009). Ajdukiewicz, Zygmunt. Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 554. ISBN 978-3205783060. Retrieved December 12, 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Ajdukiewicz, Zygmunt (Poland)". Agra Art Auction House. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
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