Walery Eljasz Radzikowski (1841-1905), Kosciuszko's Polish Army, 1894

Color lithograph on paper, dimensions: 24 x 19 cm (composition in light of passe partout, 34 x 29 cm with passe partout binding, signed typographically under the composition: "Walery Eljasz, (Imitation reserved.)".
Artillery of the regular army during the Kosciuszko uprising

Walery Eljasz Radzikowski (1841-1905) was a pupil of Władysław Łuszczkiewicz at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (1856-62). Influenced by his work, he began to paint historical compositions. He continued his painting studies in Munich, where he specialized in watercolor painting in the studio of Theodor Horschett (1862-65). Radzikowski's oeuvre developed in two thematic trends - the first included historical compositions, inspired by the national past and literary fiction; the second trend included landscape painting, especially views of the Tatra Mountains.