Aleksander Orłowski
(1777–1832) Russian painter (1777–1832)
Aleksander Orłowski (1777–1832) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Aleksander Orłowski belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Aleksander Orłowski was born in Warsaw and died in Saint Petersburg. Aleksander Orłowski studied under Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine. Aleksander Orłowski worked in Warsaw and Saint Petersburg. Aleksander Orłowski became a member of Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie.
The works belong mainly to the genre military art. The catalogue has 31 works by Aleksander Orłowski with free images. The dated works span the years 1794–1895. Works by Aleksander Orłowski are held by several collections, among them Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, National Museum in Kraków, and Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Józef Oleszkiewicz, Auguste de Forbin, Thomas Christopher Hofland, Alessandro Sanquirico, and Fleury François Richard.