Bolesław Rusiecki

Bolesław Michał Rusiecki (Lithuanian: Boleslovas Mykolas Ruseckas; (23 November 1824, Rome — 31 January 1913, Vilnius) was a Polish-Lithuanian painter and art collector.

Rusiecki was initially a student at the "Wileński Instytut Szlachecki" (institute for the nobility), then studied medicine at the University of Saint Petersburg.

He was named an Academician in 1853 for his allegorical painting, "Połączenie Willi z Niemnem“ (The Confluence of the Viliya into the Neman)[1] In 1857, he and his wife Stefania, née Karpowicz, went on an extended trip abroad; visiting several cities in Poland, as well as Dresden, Prague, Vienna and Trieste.

Upon returning, they settled at the family estate near Bialystok, but after Stefanija's death in 1866, at the age of only thirty-seven, he moved into Vilnius and taught drawing at the gymnasium.

[2] Toward the end of his life, he bequeathed his art collection, archives and library to the Society of the Friends of Science, and donated 10,000 Rubles for the construction of a building to house them.