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Wojciech Gerson
Wojciech Gerson

Wojciech Gerson

Polish, 1831-1901
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Wojciech Gerson 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, 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. A large number of his paintings were stolen by Nazi Germany in World War II, and never recovered.

Gerson was born in Warsaw during the November Uprising against the Russians. He enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1844 and graduated with honors in 1850. In 1853 Gerson received a scholarship to the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, and spent two years studying historical painting with Alexey Markov. He graduated with a silver medal in St. Petersburg and returned to Warsaw in 1855. He left for Paris in 1856 and studied under Léon Cogniet and others. Gerson came back to Poland in February 1858. He resided in Warsaw for the rest of his life, nevertheless continued to travel abroad, until the turn of the century.

Gerson was a co-founder of the Fine-Arts Society "Zachęta" established in 1860. It was the first support-group of its kind in Warsaw under the foreign occupation. He began to teach art in his own workshop in 1865, and became professor at the School of Fine Arts (future Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw) in 1872. He trained a generation of future Polish artists there, until his retirement in 1896. Gerson introduced the outdoor landscape trips and genre studies to his students with considerable impact on the art of Józef Chełmoński, the monumental painter with gallery named after him at Sukiennice; Leon Wyczółkowski, the leading field painter of the Young Poland movement; Antoni Piotrowski revered as far as Bulgaria for his epic war-scenes, as well as impressionist Władysław Podkowiński and his contemporaries. Gerson was granted the title of academic by the St. Petersburg Fine Arts Academy in 1873 and named a professor in 1878.

Gerson also worked as an architect and art critic. He is revered in Poland for his historical paintings of patriotic nature, scenes of country life, and mountain landscapes. Gerson died in Warsaw, at the age of 70, and is buried in the Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw. His paintings can be seen at the National Museum, Warsaw; Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, and in other branches of the National Museum of Poland as well as in selected churches.

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Jędrek Stachoń of Olcza, former municipality mayor

Jędrek Stachoń of Olcza, former municipality mayor (1888)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Figurative
Musketeer

Musketeer (1859)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Figurative
Peasants from Sandomierz area

Peasants from Sandomierz area (1852)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Figurative
Portrait of Jadwiga Strachocka née Szpet (1860–1933)

Portrait of Jadwiga Strachocka née Szpet (1860–1933) (1882)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Figurative
The Death of Przemysław

The Death of Przemysław (1881)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Figurative
Dachy Starego Miasta o zachodzie

Dachy Starego Miasta o zachodzie (1851)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Dom Długosza w Sandomierzu, tzw. Czerwona Kamienica

Dom Długosza w Sandomierzu, tzw. Czerwona Kamienica (1852)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Fortified wall with Opatowska gate in Sandomierz

Fortified wall with Opatowska gate in Sandomierz (1852)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Furta klasztoru w Wigrach

Furta klasztoru w Wigrach (1851)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Granary foundations in Domaniewo

Granary foundations in Domaniewo (1873)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Graveyard in the mountains

Graveyard in the mountains (1894)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Landscape of Domaniewo

Landscape of Domaniewo (1875)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Landscape of the Tatra Mountains

Landscape of the Tatra Mountains (1853)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Landscape with Huts and a Wayside Cross

Landscape with Huts and a Wayside Cross (1847)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Mountain Landscape

Mountain Landscape (1855)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Mountain landscape

Mountain landscape (1885)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
Mountain Landscape

Mountain Landscape (1889)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
View from Gęsia Szyja Peak in the Tatra Mountains

View from Gęsia Szyja Peak in the Tatra Mountains (1892)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
View of the Veisiejai lake from the terrace of the Justinavas park

View of the Veisiejai lake from the terrace of the Justinavas park (1851 - 1852)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
White Water Valley in the Tatra Mountains

White Water Valley in the Tatra Mountains (1899)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Landscape
11th-, 12th- and 13th-Century French Garments

11th-, 12th- and 13th-Century French Garments (1860 - 1872)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
11th-, 12th- and 13th-Century Male and Female Garments

11th-, 12th- and 13th-Century Male and Female Garments (1860 - 1872)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Design for an advertisement of Maksymilian Fajans’ lithographic and photographic shops

Design for an advertisement of Maksymilian Fajans’ lithographic and photographic shops (1869)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Doorkeeper at the Academy of Fine Arts in Petersburg

Doorkeeper at the Academy of Fine Arts in Petersburg

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Egyptian and Indian Garments

Egyptian and Indian Garments (1860 - 1872)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Fern Flower, Illustration for a Fable by Walery Przyborowski

Fern Flower, Illustration for a Fable by Walery Przyborowski (1880)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Garments of Asia Minor Inhabitants

Garments of Asia Minor Inhabitants (1860 - 1872)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Greek Garments

Greek Garments (1860 - 1872)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Image of an Egyptian Battle

Image of an Egyptian Battle (1860 - 1872)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
In the Church Vaults

In the Church Vaults (1861)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
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