Maksymilian Gierymski
Maksymilian Dionizy Gierymski (born October 15, 1846 in Warsaw , † September 16, 1874 in Reichenhall ), stage name Maximilian Gierymski , was a Polish painter and draftsman, brother of Aleksander Gierymski .
life and work
Gierymski started out as a mechanic and later attended the university in his native Warsaw, where he was a student of Rafał Hadziewicz . He took part in the Polish uprising in 1863/64.
At the instigation of the Russian governor and commander-in-chief in Warsaw, General Graf Berg, he finally devoted himself from 1867 to studying painting under Alexander von Wagner , Franz Adam and Eduard Schleich the Elder at the Art Academy in Munich . Ä.
Influenced by the latter, he treated the soldier genre in connection with a richly developed landscape and he had already created several paintings with figures in costumes from the 18th century, which testified to great talent. He became one of the leading artists at the Munich School of Naturalists. He created numerous romantic paintings depicting his Polish homeland. His rococo hunting scenes were famous . a. in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin and in the Philadelphia Museum of Art . He died of tuberculosis in Reichenhall as early as 1874; the disease had severely affected his work for years.
His brother Aleksander Gierymski (1850–1901) was also a well-known painter.
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Gierymski, Max . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 150 f.
- Maksymilian Gierymski . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 4 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Maksymilian Gierymski . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 53, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22793-6 , p. 412.
- Gierymski, Max . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 7, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 332.
- Gierymski, Max . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 7, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1907, p. 831 .
Selection of works
- The night, around 1873, oil a. Canvas, 46 × 80 cm. Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe.
- Landscape in Sunrise, 1869, oil on print. Wood, 28 × 37 cm. Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe (lost).
- Return from the hunt, 1872, oil a. Canvas, 66 × 117 cm. Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe.
- Winter in a small town, 1872, oil a. Canvas, 76 × 128 cm. Formerly: Krakow, Muzeum Narodowe.
gallery
landscape
patrol
Tatars
equestrian
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mounted artillery
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gierymski, Maksymilian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gierymski, Maximilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1874 |
| Place of death | Reichenhall |