About Albert Chmielowski
Albert Chmielowski - born Adam Hilary Bernard Chmielowski - was a Polish Franciscan tertiary, painter, and disabled veteran of the Uprising of 1863. He was founder of both the Albertine Brothers and Albertine Sisters who are servants of the homeless and destitute. During this period he discovered he also had a talent for painting which he began to develop, despite the objections of family trustees at his change of direction. He first went back to Munich from Paris before returning to his homeland where he published an article asserting that art was to be "the friend of man". He soon discovered the Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi which inspired him and prompted him to seek them out with the intention of joining their order.
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