Wojciech Gerson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wojciech Gerson

Polish painter

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1831

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1901

Profession: painter, art historian

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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 professor of the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and taught future luminaries of Polish neo-romanticism including Józef Chelmonski, Leon Wyczólkowski, Wladyslaw Podkowinski, Józef Pankiewicz and Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa among others.
He also wrote art-reviews and published a book of anatomy for the artists.
A large number of his paintings were stolen by Nazi Germany in World War II, and never recovered.