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


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About Helena Skirmunt

  • 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.

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