Henryk Siemiradzki's Figuralism.

The article focuses on painter Henryk Siemiradzki's ability as a figurative painter. Topics include his figures drawing class at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg, Russia, antique model making and its evaluation by professors at the academy, antique sculpture in the Roman Orgy, which was the first multi-figure oil painting of Siemiradzki that depict an ancient story.