Erazm Fabijański

Erazm Rudolf Fabijański, also Fabjański or Fabiański (1826 — 17 July 1892) was a Polish painter, illustrator and set designer.

Biography He was born in Żytomierz. The details of his early life are unclear. He apparently began by studying medicine in Kiev, then switched to the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg,

In 1861 he was briefly jailed for "patriotic activities". Following his release, he moved to Warsaw, where he wrote for the Kurier Warszawski and provided illustrations for Tygodnik Illustrowany and the satirical journal Kłosy (Ears). When it was suppressed, he went into a self-imposed exile, first in Vienna, then to France, where he may have worked as a decorator in Marseille before going to Paris. Later, he joined the French Foreign Legion and was wounded fighting in the Franco-Prussian War. After 1871, he returned to Poland and settled in Lwów, where he painted murals at St. George's Cathedral and created sets for several operas.

In 1880, he moved to Kraków, where he decorated churches and theaters; occasionally travelling to paint in other cities. Today, he is remembered largely for his numerous cityscapes and architectural paintings. His son, Stanisław, born while he was in Paris, also became a painter; best known for his cityscapes. Fabijański died in 1892 in Kraków.