Szymon Buchbinder, or Simeon Buchbinder (6 January 1853, in

Radzyń Podlaski Radzyń Podlaski is a town in eastern Poland, about 60 km north of Lublin, with 15,808 inhabitants (2017). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship since 1999, previously it was part of the Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capi ...

– 21 October 1922, in

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) was a Polish painter. Most of his works were

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and historical scenes (often with a moral) and portraits done in small formats.

Biography

He received his first lessons from his half-brother, Józef, an established artist who was his senior by fourteen years. Later, he took lessons with two local painters; a portraitist named Heymann and a theatrical artist named Malinowski.Brief biography
@ Agra Art. From 1869 to 1871, he attended the "Warsaw School of Drawing", where he studied with

Wojciech Gerson Wojciech Gerson (; July 1, 1831 – February 25, 1901) was a leading Polish painter of the mid-19th century, and one of the foremost representatives of the Polish school of Realism during the foreign Partitions of Poland. He served as long-time ...

and

Rafał Hadziewicz Rafał Hadziewicz (13 October 1803, Zamch – 7 September 1883, Kielce) was a Polish painter; primarily of portraits and religious works, and an expert on ancient culture. Biography From 1816 to 1822, he attended the Royal Lyceum (formerly th ...

. After graduating, he was able to find a position as a designer at the

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. Two years later, he enrolled at the

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, under the direction of

Eduard von Engerth Edouard Ritter von Engerth (13 May 1818 – 1897) was an Austrian historical portrait painter. Biography He was born at Pless, Prussian Silesia, and studied under Leopold Kupelwieser at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where, in 1845, he obtained ...

. He was there until 1878. The following year, he moved to

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where he obtained a position in the studios of

Jan Matejko Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale oil ...

at the

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. Later, Matejko would refer to him as a "painter of great hope".Brief entry
@ The Scrolls. In 1883, a scholarship enabled him to study in Munich, where he remained for many years. In 1897, he moved to Berlin and concentrated on doing portraits. He apparently died there around 1908, although he may have lived until as late as 1924. He seldom exhibited; notably with the

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during his stay there and at an exhibition of German painters at the

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in 1906.

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1853 births 1908 deaths Jewish painters Polish painters of Jewish descent 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists People from Radzyń Podlaski Polish male painters {{poland-painter-stub

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