Antoni Kamieński

Antoni Kamieński (21 July 1860, Yarilovka, Grodno Governorate – 12 September 1933, Warsaw) was a Polish painter, illustrator and engraver.

He was born to a land-owning family, but chose to disregard his father's wishes and left home to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1882 to 1885.

[3] In 1891, he was able to go to Paris and study at the Académie Julian, where he learned sculpting from Antonin Mercié and painting with William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

[2] He returned to Warsaw in 1894 and continued to work as an illustrator for local magazines until 1912, although he made numerous trips to Paris to exhibit.

In addition to his magazine illustrations, he created drawings for the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, as well as works by Eliza Orzeszkowa and Maria Konopnicka, in a wide variety of media, including ink, charcoal and colored pencils.