Aleksander Lesser

Not to be confused with Alexander Lesser.
Aleksander Lesser
Self-portrait, 1850
Born(1814-05-13)13 May 1814
Warsaw, Russian Empire
Died13 March 1884(1884-03-13) (aged 69)
Kraków, Congress Poland
NationalityPolish
EducationUniversity of Warsaw
Known forPainting
MovementHistory painting

Aleksander Lesser (13 May 1814 – 13 March 1884) was a Polish painter, illustrator, sketch artist, art critic, and amateur researcher of antiquities.[1] Lesser was Jewish, and became one of the first artists to depict scenes from modern Jewish history in Poland.[1] He specialized in Polish historical and contemporary themes, and he was known and respected in artistic and scholarly circles.[1] He was a member of Kraków's Academy of Learning and co-founder of Warsaw's Zachęta, the Society for Encouragement of the Fine Arts.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "YIVO | Lesser, Aleksander". Yivoencyclopedia.org. 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. ^ "Lesser, Aleksander," Encyklopedia powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 2, p. 705.