Wojciech Gerson date of birth:
July 1, 1831
How old was Wojciech Gerson when died?
69
Where was Wojciech Gerson born?
Warsaw, Poland
When did Wojciech Gerson die?
February 25, 1901
Where did Wojciech Gerson die?
Warsaw, Poland
What is Wojciech Gerson's ethnicity?
White
What is Wojciech Gerson nationality?
Polish
Where did Wojciech Gerson go to university?
St Petersburg Academy Of Arts
What is Wojciech Gerson's occupation?
Painter
Short Biography
Wojciech Gerson (July 1, 1831 – February 25, 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, 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.