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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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In the Saxon Garden in Warsaw

In the Saxon Garden in Warsaw (1856)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
In the Tatra Mountains. Trip of artists to Smreczyński Staw lake.

In the Tatra Mountains. Trip of artists to Smreczyński Staw lake. (1860)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus (1857)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady (1895)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Rural Children Sleeping in the Forest

Rural Children Sleeping in the Forest (1856)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Wieśniaczka mazurska

Wieśniaczka mazurska (1855)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Wieśniak mazurski

Wieśniak mazurski (1855)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Winieta z aparatem fotograficznym, reklama zakładu fotograficznego

Winieta z aparatem fotograficznym, reklama zakładu fotograficznego

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Illustration
Allegory of Dance

Allegory of Dance (1885)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Mythology
Allegory of Music

Allegory of Music (1885)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Mythology
Allegory of Poetry

Allegory of Poetry (1885)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Mythology
Allegory of Science

Allegory of Science (1885)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Mythology
Flight on Pegasus

Flight on Pegasus (1880)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Mythology
18th-Century Nobleman from the Eastern Borderlands (Kresy)

18th-Century Nobleman from the Eastern Borderlands (Kresy) (1895)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
18th-Century Noblewoman from the Eastern Borderlands (Kresy)

18th-Century Noblewoman from the Eastern Borderlands (Kresy) (1895)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
All Saints

All Saints (1880)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Ancient and Modern Roman Garments

Ancient and Modern Roman Garments (1860 - 1872)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Arabic and Egyptian Garments

Arabic and Egyptian Garments (1860 - 1872)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Baptism of Lithuania

Baptism of Lithuania (1861)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Children in the Skating Rink

Children in the Skating Rink (1872)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Church of St John the Baptist in Włocławek

Church of St John the Baptist in Włocławek (1852)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Cistercian Church of Our Lady and St Florian in Koprzywnica

Cistercian Church of Our Lady and St Florian in Koprzywnica (1852)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Confession

Confession (1884)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Dignitary, Sketch for the Painting Titled Pleading with Sobieski to Defend Vienna

Dignitary, Sketch for the Painting Titled Pleading with Sobieski to Defend Vienna (1889)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Figure of a Matron, Sketch for the Painting ‘The Princess Dowry’

Figure of a Matron, Sketch for the Painting ‘The Princess Dowry’ (1894)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Figure of Sitting Man, Sketch for the Painting Titled Casimir the Great and the Jews

Figure of Sitting Man, Sketch for the Painting Titled Casimir the Great and the Jews (1874)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Figure of Sitting Old Man, Sketch for the Painting ‘The Princess’s Dowry’

Figure of Sitting Old Man, Sketch for the Painting ‘The Princess’s Dowry’ (1894)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Five Dignitaries in Niches

Five Dignitaries in Niches (1880)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Fragment of the Ossoliński Castle Tower Ruins in Ujazd

Fragment of the Ossoliński Castle Tower Ruins in Ujazd (1852)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
Fragments of Monuments in Koprzywnica

Fragments of Monuments in Koprzywnica (1852)

Wojciech Gerson (Polish, 1831-1901)
Drawings
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