Michal STACHOWICZ (1768-1825), Kosciuszko's Polish Army, 1894| Vlachs from a battalion of Krakow blacksmiths, armed with scythes and hatchets.

lithograph, paper, 24 x 19 cm

Color lithograph on paper, dimensions: 24 x 19 cm (composition in light of passe partout, 34 x 29 cm with passe partout binding); signed typographically under the composition: "M. Stachowicz drawn from nature. K. Wawrosz kop. (Imitation reserved.)"
Michał Stachowicz - Polish painter and printmaker of the Romantic era. Michal Stachowicz's father was a well-known Cracow printer, bookseller and bookbinder. In 1782 he began to study drawing at the painters' guild, first with Franciszek Ignacy Molitor and then with Kazimierz Molodzinski. In 1787 he liberated himself as a guild painter and became a member of the guild. From 1817 until his death, he taught drawing at St. Barbara's High School. He was a member of the Kosciuszko Mound Building Committee and the Cracow Scientific Society.
He painted paintings depicting historical events such as Kosciuszko's Oath on the Market Square in Krakow, the Entry of Prince Jozef Poniatowski to Krakow in 1809, genre scenes, portraits and religious paintings.
Michal Stachowicz was also a lithographer and illustrator for, among others, Monumenta regum Poloniae Cracoviensia, and was also involved in etching. He lived and died in a house at 15 Grodzka Street in Cracow, which is commemorated by a plaque by Karol Hukan (dated 1939).