Władysław Bakałowicz

Władysław Bakałowicz (1831, Chrzanów - 1904, Paris) was a Polish-French painter; primarily of genre scenes and portraits.

From 1846 to 1852, he was enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and continued auditing classes there until 1854.

[1] Initially, he painted portraits, mostly of the Polish nobility, then took interest in genre and historical scenes.

In 1863, after the start of the January Uprising, he became part of the Great Emigration and moved to Paris,[2] taking French citizenship.

[1] Later, he painted scenes from literary works; notably The Three Musketeers by Dumas.