Maksymilian Dionizy Gierymski (1846 in

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– 1874 in Reichenhall,

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) was a Polish

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, specializing mainly in

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. He was the older brother of painter

Aleksander Gierymski Ignacy Aleksander Gierymski (30 January 1850, Warsaw – d. 6–8 March 1901, Rome) was a Polish painter of the late 19th century, the younger brother of Maksymilian Gierymski. He was a representative of Realism as well as an important prec ...

. As a seventeen-year-old boy, he participated in the

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. 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

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. 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

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of the 19th century, although he sent paintings to exhibitions in Warsaw regularly from 1868 on.

Selected 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)

Bibliography

Maciej Masłowski Maciej Masłowski (January 24, 1901 – August 17, 1976) was a Polish Art history, art historian. Biography Masłowski was born in Warsaw. He was a son of painter Stanisław Masłowski (1853–1926) and piano teacher Aniela born Ponikowska (1864 ...

: Maksymilian Gierymski i jego czasy (Maksymilian Gierymski and His Times),

1970, ed. "PIW" ( National Publishing Institute, 2nd edition - 1976).

External links

BiographySelection of WorksGrove Dictionary of Art: Maks(ymilian) Gierymski
1846 births 1874 deaths Emigrants from the Russian Empire Immigrants to the Kingdom of Bavaria Painters from the Russian Empire 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists Polish participants of the January Uprising Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni Polish male painters Painters from Warsaw {{Poland-painter-stub