thumb|right|300px|[[Frédéric Chopin playing at Paris's Hôtel Lambert. Vaulting (background) is temporary stage scenery. Watercolor and gouache by Teofil Kwiatkowski.]]

thumb|300px|Chopin on His Deathbed, by Teofil Kwiatkowski, 1849, commissioned by [[Jane Stirling. Chopin sits in bed, in presence of (from left) Aleksander Jełowicki, Chopin's sister Ludwika, Marcelina Czartoryska, Wojciech Grzymała, Teofil Kwiatkowski.]]

Teofil Antoni Jaksa of Griffins Kwiatkowski (February 21, 1809 in PułtuskAugust 14, 1891 in Avallon, France) was a Polish painter.

Life

Kwiatkowski participated in the November 1830 Uprising. After its suppression, he emigrated to France. He stayed in a facility for Polish war refugees in Avallon till 1832. He then attended painting studies held by Léon Cogniet.

Kwiatkowski was a close friend to Adam Mickiewicz and Frédéric Chopin.

His artistic work includes many images of Frédéric Chopin, including a picture of him playing at a ball at Paris's Hôtel Lambert and Chopin on His Deathbed (1849). He presented fantastic illustrations for Chopin musical pieces.

See also

  • Great Emigration
  • List of Poles
  • Léon Cogniet
  • Hôtel Lambert

Notes

References

  • "Kwiatkowski, Teofil Antoni," Encyklopedia powszechna PWN, vol. 2, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1974, pp. 658–59.