Józef Marszewski

Józef Marszewski (Lithuanian: Juozapas Marševskis, Russian: Иосиф Иванович Маршевский; c. 1827 – 27 March 1883) was a Polish-Lithuanian landscape painter. He was the grandfather of Zygmunt Marszewski, a colonel of the Polish Army. Born in Vilnius, then part of the Russian Empire, Marszewski was educated at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. Having stood out as a capable painter and friend of Ivan Shishkin, Marszewski won two silver medals for his paintings of the Neva and Ravel. After graduation, Marszewski extensively traveled Europe, painting local landscapes ranging from Spain to the Tatra mountains, as well as portraying Vilnius and its surroundings. He often set up exhibitions in Kraków, Lviv, and Warsaw. He settled in Warsaw around 1872, however in the following year lost a large amount of money he had deposited in a bank, and as a result fell into a deep depression which would develop into a mental illness. He died either in Warsaw or Vilnius. His works are housed in the National Museum in Warsaw and National Museum in Kraków.