Artur Bartels was born on 13 October 1818 in Vilnius, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania]. Artur was married to Kazimiera Wankowicz. Artur died on 23 December 1885 in Kraków, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland].