ALHIMOVICH (Alhimovich, Alchimowicz) Kazimieras (Casimir); Kazimierz Alchimowicz

20 декабря 1840 (Dąbrowa (Zimbawe) Grodno province) — 31 декабря 1916 (Warsaw)

Painter, graphic artist

Graduated from high school in Vilnius. In 1863-1864 a soldier participated in an anti-government uprising in Lithuania; was arrested and exiled to Siberia. After his release in 1869 he settled in Warsaw and devoted himself to painting. I was in School-студии В. В. Герсона in Warsaw (the first half of the 1870-х), art studios Munich (1873-1875) and Paris (1876-1877).

he Lived in Warsaw. Painted pictures on subjects from the history of Lithuania and Poland ("After the battle", "defense of Olsztyn"), genre scenes ("the Peasant and the nobleman", "On stage", "Death in exile", "Harvest", "Hiring employees", "sweating"), landscapes ("Abandoned mill") in the spirit of the late academic and Peredvizhnichestvo. She studied painting porcelain and earthenware, wood-carving. Created a series of paintings based on the work of А. Мицкевича as well as illustrations to his poem "pan Tadeusz". In 1885, for the painting "Michael Glinski in prison" and in 1886 for his painting "return of the killed Lithuanian Duke Gediminas" has received the prize for historical painting at the annual competitions of the Society for the encouragement of artists.

Participated in the following exhibitions: Paris Salon, in the halls of the Imperial Academy of arts (1886), the society for the encouragement of artists (1883-1887, with a break) in St. Petersburg, the World exhibitions in Paris (1889, 1900), Vilnius art society (1910), as well as in exhibitions in Warsaw, Munich, Odessa, Krakow, Vienna.

he Taught at a private School of drawing and carving Б. Посьвиковой.

Work is represented in many Museum collections, including the Warsaw national Museum.