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Wojciech Gerson
(1831 - 1901) was a Polish painter and professor.
Born in Warsaw, Gerson enrolled at the Warsaw Fine Arts Academy and graduated with honorable mention and a scholarship to St. Petersburg Academy of Arts where he studied historical painting under A. T. Markov. He graduated from St. Petersburg with a silver medal and returned to Warsaw. He left for Paris in 1850 and studied under Leon Cogniet.
He travelled back to Warsaw in 1858, where he would live for the rest of his life. Gerson began to teach art in his own workshop in 1865. He trained many future Polish artists such as J??zef Chełmo??ski, Leon Wycz??łkowski, Władysław Podkowi??ski, and J??zef Pankiewicz. He was made a professor for the St. Petersburg Fine Arts Academy in 1878.
Gerson also worked as an architect and art critic. He is known for his paintings of patriotism, country life, and mountain landscapes. Gerson died in Warsaw, aged 70.
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Painting ID:: 66444
Sigismund the Old with Staczyk at the Wawel Castle
19th century
Oil on canvas
46 54.5 cm (18.11 x 21.46 in)
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Painting ID:: 66445
Lokietek pod Ojcowem
adysław the Elbow-high near Ojcow), oil on canvas, 61 x 91,7 cm, Gallery of Art in Lviv
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Painting ID:: 66446
The Assassination of Przemysl II in Rogozno.
oil on canvas
154 ?? 231 cm (60.63 ?? 90.94 in)
1881
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Painting ID:: 66447
Mountain-foot scenery.
1882
oil on canvas
19 ?? 27 cm (7.48 ?? 10.63 in)
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Painting ID:: 67398
Przed chata
Year 1856(1856)
Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 60 ?? 74 cm (23.62 ?? 29.13 in)
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Wojciech Gerson
(1831 - 1901) was a Polish painter and professor.
Born in Warsaw, Gerson enrolled at the Warsaw Fine Arts Academy and graduated with honorable mention and a scholarship to St. Petersburg Academy of Arts where he studied historical painting under A. T. Markov. He graduated from St. Petersburg with a silver medal and returned to Warsaw. He left for Paris in 1850 and studied under Leon Cogniet.
He travelled back to Warsaw in 1858, where he would live for the rest of his life. Gerson began to teach art in his own workshop in 1865. He trained many future Polish artists such as J??zef Chełmo??ski, Leon Wycz??łkowski, Władysław Podkowi??ski, and J??zef Pankiewicz. He was made a professor for the St. Petersburg Fine Arts Academy in 1878.
Gerson also worked as an architect and art critic. He is known for his paintings of patriotism, country life, and mountain landscapes. Gerson died in Warsaw, aged 70.
. Related Artists to Wojciech Gerson: | Giovanni da san giovanni | Charles Wilson Peale | Anna Boch | Peter Purves Smith | Thomas Brower |
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