A Life Between Two Capitals The year is 1831 in Podolia, Ukraine, where Jan Mioduszewski enters the world. His path leads away from the provincial borders toward the rigorous academic halls of Saint Petersburg. Under the guidance of Carl Timoleon von Neff, he refines a technical precision that would define his career. He moves through the artistic circles of the Russian capital, working in the shadow of great marinists like Ivan Aïvazo…