Ladislas Wladislaw von Czachorski (Polish, 1850-1911)

Born in Lublin in 1850, Czachorski received his artistic education with Rafal Hadziewicz at the Warsaw Drawing School in 1866. After a year at the Dresden Academy, the young artist spent five years at the Munich Academy under the tutelage of Hermann Anschutz, Alexander Wagner and Karl von Piloty. Czachorski traveled throughout France, Italy and Poland and, in 1879, settled in Munich. His images of beautiful young women in rich interiors demonstrate his mastery of rendering fabrics, jewelry and other details to create an atmosphere of luxury and elegance.