Tadeusz Gorecki (1825 – 1868): A Lithuanian Painter Bridging Romanticism and Realism Tadeusz Górecki (Lithuanian: Tadas Goreckis; 5 June 1825 – 31 January 1868) was a Polish-Lithuanian genre and portrait painter born in Dusenėtai (or Dusinėtai), near modern-day Vilnius. He came from an aristocratic family, the son of Antoni Gorecki, a poet and short story writer who had fled to Paris following the November Uprising. Their possessions were confiscated by the Russian authorities, profoundly impacting Tadeusz’s formative years—a circumstance that instilled in him a deep appreciation for resilie…