Wojciech Gerson
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Wojciech Gerson (Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛɣ ˈɡɛrsɔn]; 1 July 1831 – 25 February 1901) was a leading Polish painter of the mid-19th century, and one of the foremost representatives of the Polish school of Realism during the foreign Partitions of Poland. He served as long-time professor of the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw,[2] and taught future luminaries of Polish neo-romanticism including Józef Chełmoński, Leon Wyczółkowski, Władysław Podkowiński, Józef Pankiewicz and Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa among others. He also wrote art-reviews and published a book of anatomy for the artists.[3] A large number of his paintings were stolen by Nazi Germany in World War II, and never recovered.[4]
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Wojciech Gerson | |
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Born | (1831-07-01)1 July 1831 |
Died | 25 February 1901(1901-02-25) (aged 69) Warsaw, Vistula Land |
Education | Member Academy of Arts (1873) Professor by rank (1878)[1] |
Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Imperial Academy of Arts[1] |
Known for | Painting, art education |
Movement | Romanticism |