Polikarp Gumiński
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Polikarp Gumiński (born January 26, 1820 in Warsaw , † after 1907 , probably also in Warsaw) was a Polish painter.
Life
Between 1836 and 1847 Gumiński enjoyed an artistic education, initially in Warsaw, from 1844 to 1846 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In 1848 he came to Poznan because he had orders to make portraits here. In Poznan he joined the Wielkopolska Uprising in 1848 . After fighting in April 1848, he was arrested and sentenced to three years in prison. He served his imprisonment in the citadel of the Magdeburg Fortress . While in custody, he made pictures depicting the uprising and the imprisonment period.
After his release from prison he initially returned to Poznan, but was expelled a year later because of the controversial picture he had made of the Queen of Poland . He then went first to Brussels and later to Paris . In 1870 he returned to Warsaw. He lived there impoverished as a drawing teacher.
literature
- Günter Adlung, Helmut Menzel, Conrad Engelhardt, Hendrik Pistor: With water and bread - prisoners in the Magdeburg fortress: From Charles de Gaulle to Freiherr von der Trenck . Kultur- und Heimatverein Magdeburg (ed.), Ost-Nordost Verlag, Magdeburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-938247-10-5 , page 85.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel, Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 431
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gumiński, Polikarp |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guminski, Polikarp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1907 |
| Place of death | unsure: Warsaw |