Edward Lepszy

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Edward Lepszy (* 1854 or 1855 in Oświęcim , † 1932 in Krakow ) was a Polish painter.

Life

Lepszy was a student of Jan Matejko . He worked in Riga and Libau in 1890 . Later he mainly created portraits in Lithuania and Belarus . From 1900 he ran an art school in Lemberg .

Lepszy's works ended up in the Warsaw Art Association and in the Lviv Marienkirche.

Web links

Commons : Edward Lepszy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. According to Thieme / Becker , Lepszy was born in 1854; Sources available online such as www.sejm-wielki.pl often mention 1855 as the year of birth.