The Life and Art of Karl Witkowski Born in Yazlovets, Ukraine, Karol Dominik Witkowski, known in the United States as Karl Witkowski, was a Polish-American painter. His early life included service in the Austrian Army, where he gained popularity by creating portraits of fellow soldiers and commanding officers. His formal artistic training took him from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków to Munich, where he studied under Karl von Piloty. After a period in America, he moved to France to study at the Julian Academy. Witkowski returned to the United States in 1889 and remained there for over 2…