Henryk Rodakowski - Portrait of Paweł Rodakowski, artist’s father - MP 270 MNW - National Museum in Warsaw

Henryk Rodakowski (1823–1894) was a Polish painter. He came from a well-known family of lawyers. Continuing the family tradition between 1841 and 1845, he studied law in Vienna. Later he studied painting under Joseph Danhauser (1805–1845) and Franz Eybl (1806–1880). In the years 1846 to 1867 he lived in Paris, where he continued his studies with Léon Cogniet. In 1852 he experienced his first major success by painting a portrait of General Henryk Dembiński, which won the first prize.