Jan Chełmiński
Artworks: 28
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 (28 total)
- Bugler of the 13th Hussar Regiment, Officer of the 1st Mounted Rifles Regiment
- Gendarme
- Adjutant to Prince Poniatowski
- Portrait of a woman 1899
- Prince Józef Poniatowski leading the army near Leipzig 1913
- Adjutant Commander of the General Staff and His Adjutant
- Drummer of the 13th Regiment, Drum Major of the National Guard, Drum Major, Sergeant of the 1st Infantry Regiment
- Artillery and Engineering Elementary School, a Military Student and a Professor, a Military Chaplain
- Prince Poniatowski’s Escort
- 14th Cuirassier Regiment
- 2nd Infantry Regiment, a Vivandière and Soldiers
- Adjutant to a Lieutenant-General, Colonel and Trumpeter of the 7th Uhlan Regiment
- Surgeon General and Doctor, Pharmacist and 3rd Class Surgeon
- Hunting with greyhounds 1875
- 11th Uhlan Regiment
- Infantry Artillery Colonel
- A war commissary, an officer and a transportation soldier
- Major-General, a Colonel, an Officer and Veterans
- Infantry Artillery
- Krakusy (Kraków Folks)@Figurative