Franciszek Tepa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franciszek Tepa

Polish painter

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1829

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1889

Profession: painter

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Franciszek Tomasz Tepa (17 September 1829, Lwów - 23 December 1889, Lwów) was a Polish mid-19th century realist painter who specialized in portraits and Orientalist themes.
During the Revolutions of 1848 (also known as the Spring of Nations), Tepa became politically involved in the independence movement.
He produced a series of portraits of Polish leaders of the November Uprising against the foreign Partitions of Poland including Joachim Lelewel, Józef Dwernicki and Józef Chlopicki among many others; and was jailed as political prisoner while in the Austro-Hungarian capital of Vienna.



Alternative names	artur grottger; arthur grottger; grottger arthur
Description	Polish-Russian painter
Date of birth/death	11 November 1837	13 December 1867
Location of birth/death	Ottyniowice in the region of Podolia	Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, France
Work location	Kraków (1852–1854); Vienna (1855–1859); Paris (1867–)
Authority control	: Q714401 VIAF: 29805680 ISNI: 0000 0001 1614 3768 ULAN: 500009738 LCCN: n84081061 Open Library: OL981333A WorldCat