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Portrait of a Man

Alojzy Reichan

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ID: Ж-4918
Author: Alojzy Reichan
Name: Portrait of a Man
Country: Austrian Empire Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Culture: Modern times
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions: 95.5 x 75.5 cm (height x width)

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Type: painting
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait
Provenance: the Dzieduszycki collection

Information about author

Author: Alojzy Reichan
Artist's lifetime: 1807–1860
Country: Austrian Empire
Biography: Alojzy Reichan (June 22, 1807, Lviv – November 6, 1860, Lviv) was a renowned Polish and Ukrainian portrait painter. He was the son of the artist Jozef Reichan and the father of the artist Stanislaw Reichan. He graduated from the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. After completing his studies in 1838, Alojzy Reichan purchased a tenement on Krakowska Street in Lviv, where he lived until his death. A. Reichan's works in the Biedermeier style exhibit characteristics of the Viennese School. He also painted miniatures and genre scenes and engaged in lithography.

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Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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