1. Wojciech Gerson wrote art-reviews and published a book of anatomy for the artists.
12 Facts About Wojciech Gerson
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Wojciech Gerson enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1844 and graduated with honors in 1850.
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In 1853 Wojciech Gerson received a scholarship to the St Petersburg Academy of Arts, and spent two years studying historical painting with Alexey Markov.
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Wojciech Gerson graduated with a silver medal in St Petersburg and returned to Warsaw in 1855.
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Wojciech Gerson left for Paris in 1856 and studied under Leon Cogniet and others.
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Wojciech Gerson resided in Warsaw for the rest of his life, nevertheless continued to travel abroad, until the turn of the century.
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Wojciech Gerson was a co-founder of the Fine-Arts Society "Zacheta" established in 1860.
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Wojciech Gerson began to teach art in his own workshop in 1865, and became professor at the School of Fine Arts in 1872.
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Wojciech Gerson trained a generation of future Polish artists there, until his retirement in 1896.
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Wojciech Gerson was granted the title of academic by the St Petersburg Fine Arts Academy in 1873 and named a professor in 1878.
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Wojciech Gerson is revered in Poland for his historical paintings of patriotic nature, scenes of country life, and mountain landscapes.
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Wojciech Gerson died in Warsaw, at the age of 70, and is buried in the Evangelical Cemetery of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw.