Maximilian (also spelled Maksymilian) Cercha (1818–1907) was a

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painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

and

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. He was the nephew of Ezechiel Cercha (1790–1820) and the father of (1867–1919).

Life

Cercha was born on in Kraków. He studied at the

Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public higher education, institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Polish fine art academy, established in 1 ...

and at the Painting and Drawing School at the Technical Institute in Kraków with , Jan Nepomucen Głowacki and

Wojciech Stattler Wojciech Korneli Stattler or Albert Kornel Stattler (20 April 1800 – 6 November 1875) was a Polish Romanticism in Poland, Romantic painter of Switzerland, Swiss aristocratic ancestry, who started training in Vienna and at age 17 went to St. Luke ...

. Cercha died in Kraków on and was buried at the

Rakowicki Cemetery Rakowicki Cemetery (English: ; ) is a historic necropolis and a cultural heritage monument located on 26 Rakowicka Street in Kraków, Poland. It lies within the Administrative District No. 1 ''Stare Miasto'' meaning "Old Town" – distinct from ...

. Among Cercha's students are his son, Stanisław Cercha, and

Stanisław Tarnowski Count Stanisław Tarnowski (7 November 1837 – 31 December 1917) was a Polish nobleman (''szlachcic''), historian, literary critic and publicist. Life He was born on 7 November 1837 and hailed from an aristocratic family. His father was Ja ...

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1818 births 1907 deaths Artists from Kraków Polish draughtsmen 19th-century Polish painters Polish male painters Painters from Austria-Hungary {{Poland-painter-stub