Kazimierz Jelski
Polish sculptor
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Kazimierz Jelski was a Polish-Lithuanian Classicist architect and sculptor active in Lithuania. Jelski was born in Ejsymonty near Grodno, today in Belarus. He was the son of Karol Jelski who was a Polish sculptor, painter and stucco artist. He first studied under his father. Between 1800 and 1808 he studied painting and architecture at the Vilnius University. For painting he studied under Laurynas Gucevičius and Franciszek Smuglewicz, architecture with Michała Szulca and sculpture with Andrzej Le Brun. From 1809 he studied sculpture at the Imperial Academy of Arts. From 1811 to 1826, Jelski worked as a professor of the University of Vilnius, where he trained many renowned sculptors. In 1833, he unsuccessfully tried to get a job as a professor of sculpture at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1843 tried to set up his own school of sculpture in Vilnius. He also had expertise in the valuation and maintenance of sculptures. He collaborated with many famous sculptors.
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