Witold Pruszkowski (1846–1896)

Witold Pruszkowski, a Polish Symbolist painter, masterfully blended national literature with ethereal commentary, particularly in his haunting 'March to Siberia'.

ABOUT

Witold Pruszkowski Polish pronunciation: [/'vi:tɔld ˌpruʂ'kɔv:ski] (14 January 1846, Bershad - 10 October 1896, Budapest) was a Polish painter and graphic artist in the Symbolist style. == Biography == He spent his childhood in Odessa and Kiev. The family emigrated to Dieppe in 1860, and he relocated to Paris in 1866, where he had his first drawing lessons with the portrait painter, Tadeusz Gorecki, the son-in-law of Adam Mickiewicz. From 1869 to 1872, he studied at the Acad…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Portrait of Włodzimierz de Rosenwerth Rużycki 1865 · National Museum in Warsaw Portrait of Mrs Matlińska. 1871 · National Museum in Warsaw Fern flower (On St. John's Night). 1875 · National Museum in Warsaw Portrait of artist's sister. 1875 · National Museum in Warsaw When the morning glows arise. 1876 · National Museum in Warsaw Porträt des Kazimierz Bartoszewicz 1876 · Museum of Art in Łódź

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Jan MatejkoRomanticism, Historical Painting Artur GrottgerRomanticism, Symbolism Jacek MalczewskiSymbolism Arnold BöcklinSymbolism

Influenced

Stanisław WyspiańskiSymbolism, Art Nouveau Władysław PodkowińskiSymbolism, Impressionism Józef MehofferSymbolism, Art Nouveau Ferdynand RuszczycSymbolism