Maksymilian Gierymski
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Maksymilian Gierymski was a Polish
painter
, specializing mainly in watercolours. He was the older brother of painter Aleksander Gierymski
.
As a seventeen-years-old boy, he participated in the January Uprising
. He was educated at the Warsaw Drawing School initially, but then received a government scholarship in 1867 and went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
. He became one of the leading painters of the Munich realistic school. Initially best known for this battle paintings, he also created many landscape paintings, especially of southern Poland, which he visited several times.
Completely successful in western Europe, he did not gain approval nor popularity in Poland of the 19th century, although he sent paintings to exhibitions in Warsaw regularly from 1868 on. He did however win awards at exhibitions in Munich (1869) and in Berlin
(1872).
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, specializing mainly in watercolours. He was the older brother of painter Aleksander Gierymski
Aleksander Gierymski
Ignacy Aleksander Gierymski was a Polish painter of the late 19th century. He was the younger brother of Maksymilian Gierymski, equally renowned Polish watercolour painter....
.
As a seventeen-years-old boy, he participated in the January Uprising
January Uprising
The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...
. He was educated at the Warsaw Drawing School initially, but then received a government scholarship in 1867 and went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. He became one of the leading painters of the Munich realistic school. Initially best known for this battle paintings, he also created many landscape paintings, especially of southern Poland, which he visited several times.
Completely successful in western Europe, he did not gain approval nor popularity in Poland of the 19th century, although he sent paintings to exhibitions in Warsaw regularly from 1868 on. He did however win awards at exhibitions in Munich (1869) and in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
(1872).
Known works
- Krajobraz leśny (1866)
- Krajobraz z chatą i zaprzęgiem (1867)
- Potyczka z Tatarami (1867)
- Szarża rosyjskiej artylerii konnej (1867)
- Wymarsz powstańców ze wsi w 1863 roku (1867)
- Brzoza (1867)
- Pogrzeb w małym miasteczku (1868)
- Powrót bez pana (1868)
- Zwiad kozaków kubańskich (1868-69)
- Pejzaż jesienny z oraczem (1868-69)
- Krajobraz jesienny - studium pejzażu (1868-69)
- Rzeka (1868-70)
- Krajobraz o wschodzie słońca - przedświt (1869)
- Rekonesans huzarów austriackich (1869)
- Patrol polski w 1830 roku (1869)
- Adiutant sztabowy z 1830 roku (1869)
- Powstaniec z 1863 roku (1869)
- Droga wśród drzew (1870)
- Wyjazd na polowanie I (1871)
- Zima w małym miasteczku (1872)
- Patrol powstańczy przy ognisku (1872)
- Patrol powstańczy - pikieta (1872-73)
- Wiosna w małym miasteczku (1872-73)
- Noc (1872-73)