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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:: 71856
Wyschniety potok w Tatrach
77.5 x 115 cm (30.51 x 45.28 in)
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Painting ID:: 71861
Castle ruins in Trakai near Vilnius.
Date 1855(1855)
Dimensions 34 x 41 cm (13.39 x 16.14 in)
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Painting ID:: 71862
Road near stream
Date 1854(1854
Dimensions 53 x 64 cm (20.87 x 25.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 71866
Krolowa Ryksa
87 x 62 cm
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Painting ID:: 72207
ghost of Barbara Radziwill
Date 1886(1886)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 189 X 281 cm (74.41 X 110.63 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: | Lebasque, Henri | Marie Spartali Stillman | andre masson | Henry Thomas Alken | bouillon |
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