A student of Vilnius University. In 1824 allowed to visit classes of the Academy of Arts, studied with A. E. Egorov, A. I. Ivanov, V. K. Shebuev; Received medal: 1825-2 silver; 1826-1 silver; 1827-2 gold for the program "the feat of the young from Kiev." Since 1832 "assigned to" painting a portrait. (Kondakov)
More recently, the name of the Belarusian artist valenty Vankovich has been to those, unfortunately, many names that are ready to go into historical oblivion. About this person heard or knew something only professionals Yes, some of the lovers of Belarusian history and culture. But Walenty wankowicz (born in 1800 in manor Colorize Igumen district of Minsk province, now Berezinski area) - truly one of the great figures of the nineteenth century. Well-educated - graduated from the Department of liberal Sciences of the Polotsk Academy, Department of literature and art, Vilnius University, St. Petersburg Academy of arts, he was friends with prominent people, painted portraits of many of them - pianist Maria Shimanovskaya, violinist Karol Lipinski, poet Alexander Pushkin, family members Moniuszko. And "portrait of Adam Mickiewicz on the Ayu-Dag", exhibited in the exhibition of the Academy of arts in 1828, not only made the author famous, but became in the full sense of the textbook work.
