Wojciech GERSON (1831-1901), Interior of a Cottage (1890)
watercolor, paper
44 x 34 cm
signed and dated p.d.
Inscribed on the reverse: "Private property / Józef Domański / Warsaw Zlota".
Wojciech Gerson (Warsaw 1831 - Warsaw 1901) painter, educator; studied at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts under Jan Feliks Piwarski, Christian Breslauer and Marcin Zaleski from 1844-1851, and at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg from 1853-1855. In 1856 he went to Paris, where he still studied in the studio of Leon Cogniet and studied independently in museums. In 1858, after returning to Warsaw, he developed extensive artistic and public activities. In 1860 he was one of the founders of the Warsaw Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. He taught painting and drawing at the Warsaw Drawing Class and in his own studio, educating several generations of painters. His students included Chełmoński, Wyczółkowski, Stanisławski, Podkowiński and Pankiewicz. In 1878 he received the title of professor at the St. Petersburg Academy. He traveled abroad - to Berlin, Italy, Vienna, Prague and several times to Paris. He traveled extensively around the country, and especially often and eagerly went to the Tatra Mountains. He painted genre country scenes, portraits, historical and religious paintings and landscapes - including many Tatra landscapes.