MICHAŁ ELWIRO ANDRIOLLI (1836–1893)
Graphic artist and painter, member of the 1863–1864 uprising. In 1855–1861, studied medicine at Moscow University, also at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Saint Petersburg Academy of Art. Continued his studies in Rome at the Academy of Saint Luke. In 1843–1863, spent time living in the house on Didžioji street (current 14 Didžioji st.). At the outbreak of the 1863 uprising, was named the platoon commander. Arrested and imprisoned. Escaped prison and emigrated to London and Paris, where he gained recognition as an illustrator. On his way back to Lithuania, he was arrested and sentenced to 15 years of katorga in Vyatka, Russia in 1868. Pardonned in 1871, he settled in Warsaw. In 1883–1886, he worked in the Firmin Didot publishing house in Paris, where he illustrated works by James Fenimore Cooper, William Shakespeare, Alexander Dumas, Honoré de Balzac and other famous international authors. He drew historical and everyday compositions, the series 1863 Uprising in Lithuania, painted landscapes, portraits, religious artwork for churches, illustrated books by Władysław Syrokomla, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Juliusz Słowacki, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Adam Mickiewicz.