Antoni Stefanowicz

Antoni Stefanowicz (1858, Tovtry - 17 December 1929, Lwów) was a Polish painter and art teacher of Armenian ancestry; specializing in portraits.

From 1876 to 1879, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with Carl Wurzinger, Christian Griepenkerl, and August Eisenmenger.

They had two children: Emilia [pl], an activist who served on the Lwów City Council, and Kajetan, also a painter, who was killed in the Polish-Soviet War.

When the council was abolished, he became head of the Department of Vocational Education and also served on the board of trustees of the Lwów School District [pl].

[2] In addition to his portraits, he created genre scenes and religious art, as well as decorations at the Theatre of Opera and Ballet (1900).