Krzysztof Lubieniecki Explained

Krzysztof Lubieniecki
Birth Date:1659
Birth Place:Szczecin
Death Date:1729
Death Place:Amsterdam
Nationality:Polish
Movement:Baroque

Krzysztof Lubieniecki or Christoffel Lubienietzky (1659[1]  - 1729) was a Polish Baroque painter and engraver active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age.

Biography

Krzysztof Lubieniecki was born in Stettin (today: Szczecin), Pommerania. His brother Teodor Lubieniecki was also a painter and engraver. They learned to paint from the landscape and seascape painter Juriaan Stur in Hamburg.[2] In 1667 they travelled to Amsterdam, where Krzysztof apprenticed with Adriaen Backer, and Teodor with Gerard de Lairesse. In 1682, Teodor moved to Hannover before eventually moving to Poland in 1706, where he died.[3]

Krzysztof remained in Amsterdam, where he painted portraits and genre pieces. He also collaborated on prints for Jacobus Houbraken,, and Johannes Brandt (son of Gerard Brandt). He died in Amsterdam.

In 1944 a Lubieniecki painting Portrait of a young man was looted from the National Museum of Warsaw by the Nazis during the Warsaw Uprising. It was in turn seized by an American serviceman and not returned to Polish authorities before 2015.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Krzysztof Lubieniecki.
  2. Web site: Home Johann Georg Stuhr. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100742/https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/75929. dead. 2016-03-04.
  3. Web site: Theodorus en Christoffel Lubienietzky biography . De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen . 1718 . Arnold . Houbraken . Arnold Houbraken. courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  4. Web site: FBI — A Wartime Loss Found. FBI.