Roman SZWOJNICKI (1845-1915), Palestrant

woodcut, paper, 18 x 11 cm (clear passe-partout), signed and dated on woodcut plate: "Roman Szwojnicki 1880".

Roman Szwoynicki (Szwojnicki) (born December 21, 1845 in Radach near Krakinov, Kaunas Governorate, died January 13, 1915 in Radach) was a Polish painter.
He was educated at the Institute of Nobility in Vilnius. He took part in the January Uprising, for which he was imprisoned and exiled deep into Russia. He settled in Warsaw after returning from Tobolsk. In 1871-1873 he attended Wojciech Gerson's private painting studio in Warsaw. In mid-October 1873 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts - Malschule. In 1904 he moved to Radium near Krakinovo. He was awarded at the Universal Exhibition in Paris (1889).