Jan Chełmiński
Renowned for Napoleonic military history paintings
Jan Chełmiński, also known as Jan van Chelminski, born Jan Władysław Chełmiński, was a Polish painter. Chełmiński entered the Munich Academy of Fine Arts on 14 April 1875 (Register: 3144) and worked throughout Europe. From 1895 he lived in New York, though in 1893 he had taken out British citizenship. He married twice. After divorcing his first wife, Marie Henschel (1858–?), he married Leonie Knoedler, sister of Roland Knoedler, of the famous New York art dealership, Knoedler. Chełmiński was best known in his lifetime for his historical works, especially those dealing with military history and the Napoleonic Wars.
Artworks by this artist
- 14th Cuirassier Regiment
- Adjutant to a Lieutenant-General, Colonel and Trumpeter of the 7th Uhlan Regiment
- Oriental rider on a white horse 1873
- 8th Franco-Polish Light Cavalry Regiment
- Infantry Artillery
- Trumpeters of the 2nd Uhlan Regiment
- Hunting with greyhounds 1875
- Prince Józef Poniatowski leading the army near Leipzig 1913
- Krakusy (Kraków Folks)@Figurative
- Surgeon General and Doctor, Pharmacist and 3rd Class Surgeon
- Hunting with greyhounds 1875
- Adjutant Commander of the General Staff and His Adjutant
- Artillery and Engineering Application School, Professor and Military Students
- Rider on horseback with greyhounds 1873
- Adjutant to Prince Poniatowski
- Bugler of the 13th Hussar Regiment, Officer of the 1st Mounted Rifles Regiment
- 11th Uhlan Regiment
- Portrait of a woman 1899
- Major-General, a Colonel, an Officer and Veterans
- 10th Hussar Regiment