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The Jaroszynscy family was one of the ricest in the Tsarist Empire. Karol Lucjan Jaroszyński (1877-1929) was born in Babin, the family estate. He made his fortune in sugar refining and branched out into many other areas such as banking and tranportation. He had three sons. A portrait by Kazimierz Mordasewicz is a good example of the artidst's upper-class clients was a portrait of Antoni Jozef (Jontek) and his brother Karol Benedykt (Karlo) in 1912 when they were, respectively 7 and 5 years old. The boys wear Fauntleroy outfits and elaborately styled hair. The suits are identical, with open neck lace collars. You do not see this in the Fauntleroy era (1885-1905), but we have seen similar outfits during the 1910s. While their suits ar identical, their hair is done differently. The Jaroszynscy family was one of the richest in the Tsarist Empire. Their father made his fortune in sugar refining. This was painted just as Europe was going to explode in World War I. The family survived, but lost much of their fortune. World war II wiuld bring a far greater tragedy.
The Jaroszynscy family was one of the ricest in the Tsarist Empire. Karol Lucjan Jaroszyński (1877-1929) was born in Babin, the family estate. He made his fortune in sugar refining and branched out into many other areas such as banking and tranportation. He had three sons.
A portrait by Kazimierz Mordasewicz is a good example of the artidst's upper-class clients was a portrait of Antoni Jozef (Jontek) and his brother Karol Benedykt (Karlo) in 1912 when they were, respectively 7 and 5 years old. The boys wear Fauntleroy outfits and elaborately styled hair. The suits are identical, with open neck lace collars. You do not see this in the Fauntleroy era (1885-1905), but we have seen similar outfits during the 1910s. While their suits are identical, their hair is done differently. Here is a translation of a Polish assessment of the painting, "Mother of boys Jontek, Karla and Dina born in 1905, 1907 and 1915 had artistic talent and passion for photography. Made by her albums are a kind works of art. Dozens of photographs in two huge albums presents a happy childhood and youth sons had spent in a beautiful estate of and on numerous foreign trips. Some of the pictures were colored by his mother. Pasted photographs with marked with a flourish signatures create interesting compositions. Small boys according to contemporary fashion dressed in dresses, in this case, perhaps a bit exaggerated and too long a time, as if her mother had dreamed also of daughters. Their costumes were more girls than clothing colleagues, which can be seen on shared photos. Even when he grew up, still they wore long hair twisted in curls and wide collars with bows and fontaziami. So they were also introduced to the image painted by Kazimierz Mordasiewicz. This large-format portrait adorned the living room Babinski court. Made in 1912, three years before the birth of the youngest Dina, showed the addition Jontek and Karla their favorite enormous dog Lord." [Okołowicz] Their younger brothrr Dino was born 2 years after this portrait was taken (1915). As for many Poles and Russians, tragedy struck with World War I. This was painted just as Europe was going to explode in World War I. The family survived, but lost much of their fortune.
The family lost much of their fortune, but because Poland gained its independence, they were spared the hoorors of Bolshevism. They had to fight a war with the Bolsheviks. We see all three boys in the 1920s (probably about 1925). Dino looks to be about 10 years old and like his brothers at tht age still has curls. . His older brothers are cadets and look very destinguishefd in their uniforms (figure 1).
World War II would bring a far greater tragedy. In the end they did not escaspe the Bolsheciks when Hitler and Stalin lunched World War II. Jontek and Dino, who had just finished his legal studies, were part of the outmatched Polish Army that had to face two totalitarian collosuses. Hitler struck first (September 1, 1939). The Polish Army withdrew to the east, but then were struck by the Soviet Red Army *September 17). The boys were casptured by the Soviet Red Army and interned in Starobelsk, ultimately alongs with thousands of others were murdered by the NKVD in Kharkov. This was a murder operation known in the West as the Katyn Massacre of Polish officers. Brother Karlo, who has previously lived abroad, was married and had a small child, he joined the fight (1940). He joined the Syria Carpathian Rifle Brigade which was renamed the Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade commanded by Gen. Stanisław Kopariski. It became 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (1942), part of the Polish II Corps of Wladyslaw Anders Army which fought with the British in North Africa and Italy.
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