Tadeusz Gorecki

Tadeusz Gorecki (; 5 June 1825 – 31 January 1868) was a Polish-Lithuanian genre and portrait painter.

Biography Tadeusz Gorecki was born on 5 June 1825 in the manor of (or Dusenėtai), near modern-day Vilnius. He came from an aristocratic family. His father was the poet and short story writer, Antoni Gorecki.

Attracted to art at an early age, he probably received lessons from his cousin, Walenty Wańkowicz. His first formal lessons were with Kanuty Rusiecki. Later, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts with Karl Bryullov. From 1843 to 1847, he was Bryullov's assistant for painting frescoes at Saint Isaac's Cathedral.

In 1850, he applied for and was awarded the title of "Portrait Artist" for his painting of Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg.

In 1862, he was awarded the Order of the Lion and the Sun for teaching Western-style art to four Persian students, but had to refuse the award under pressure from the Russian government.