Helena Skirmunt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helena Skirmunt

Polish and Belarusian painter and sculptor

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1827

Place of Birth: Kalodnae, Brest Region, Belarus

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1874

Profession: painter, sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Helena Skirmunt (sometimes Skirmuntt or Skirmuntowa; Belarusian: ?????? ????????; 5 November 1827 – 1 February 1874) was a Polesian painter and sculptor.
She was mostly self-taught though she briefly studied under several German and Italian artists.
For participation in the January Uprising, she was deported to the interior of Russia and spent her last years in Crimea.
As a painter she created landscapes, portraits, and religious icons; as a sculptor she completed numerous portrait medallions and religious works.
In her later years she turned to historical sculpture drawing inspiration from the history of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Her daughter Konstancija Skirmuntt was a well-known historian.