Wojciech Gerson

Wojciech Gerson
Born(1831-07-01)1 July 1831
Died25 February 1901(1901-02-25) (aged 69)
Warsaw, Congress Poland
EducationMember Academy of Arts (1873)
Professor by rank (1878)[1]
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Imperial Academy of Arts[1]
Known forPainting, art education
MovementRomanticism

Wojciech Gerson (Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛɣ ˈɡɛrsɔn]; 1 July 1831 – 25 February 1901) was a Polish painter, educator, architect and art critic who was 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]

  1. ^ a b Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts 1915, p. 47.
  2. ^ Janina Zielińska (2012). "Gerson, Wojciech". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Wojciech Gerson". Pinakoteka Zascianek.pl (in Polish). Encyklopedia PWN, Warszawa 1974. 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "Gerson, Wojciech". Obrazy zaginione podczas II wojny światowej. Sztuka zaprasza.net. Retrieved November 6, 2012.