Kazimierz Alchimowicz

Kazimierz Alchimowicz (born December 20, 1840 in Dziembrów, Vilnius Region – December 31, 1916 in Warsaw) was a Lithuanian-born Polish romantic painter.

Born in Dziembrów, Vilnius Region Alchimowicz was banished to Siberia (Wierchutoria, east of Ural Mountains) for six years for his participation in the January Uprising (1863). After his return (1869), he enrolled in a drawing class in Warsaw taught by Wojciech Gerson. The class had a great influence on his later artistic works. From 1873 to 1875 Alchimowicz studied art in Alexander Wagner's Studio (Munich, Germany), next he travel to Paris, France. While staying in France, Alchimowicz was a craftsmen decorating porcelain and earthenware crafts. He settled permanently in Warsaw in 1878 to paint professionally. His artistic inspiration mainly came from patriotic topics and history. Among his most noted works is a series of twelve tablets (entitled Goplana) based on Polish historical poem Pan Tadeusz. This was greeted with great enthusiasm by art critics of the time. He died in Warsaw.