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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:: 92352
The shepherd's concert
1862(1862)
oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 92450
Festivities on Midsummer Night
Date 1897(1897)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 107 X 175 cm (42.1 X 68.9 in
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Painting ID:: 93076
Sigismund the Old with Stanczyk at the Wawel Castle
Date 19th century
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 46 X 54.5 cm (18.1 X 21.5 in)
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Painting ID:: 93757
Wladyslaw the Elbow-high near Ojcow
1890(1890)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 61 x 91.7 cm (24 x 36.1 in)
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Painting ID:: 93808
Pozegnanie Jana III z rodzina przed wyprawa wiedenska
oil on canvas, 169 x 201 cm.1882
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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: | MAGNASCO, Alessandro | Thomas Danby | Henri Levy | Leutze, Emmanuel Gottlieb | Sergey Ivanovich Svetoslavsky |
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