Description: Swamps and the large gallery of Zagony presented by the artist are the quintessence of his creativity, repeatedly displaying the unadorned views of boundless fields, shallows, wrzosowisk and marshes. Chełmoński‘s painting, for which Rapacki is considered a successor, not only connects the way of horizontally composing pictures, but above all the contemplative attitude towards...
Description: Albert (Ferdinand-Jules-Albert) Gosselin (1862-1940) studied in Paris under Jules Lefebvre and Henri–Joseph Harpignies. He debuted at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in 1889, and exhibited there for several years. He mainly practiced landscape painting. His favorite themes were the landscapes of Brittany, views of the Loire and Loig rivers, especially in...
Description: Emile Wéry (1868-1935) studied at the Académie Julian. He was friends with the fowist, H. Matisse, occupying two adjacent studios in Montparnasse in Paris. In 1896 they took a trip together to Brittany. This is where Wéry‘s love for realistic representations of everyday life in this region came from. He also dealt with decorative...
Description: Ludwig Dill (1848-1940) studied architecture in Stuttgart and then painting at the Munich Academy. Adolf Lier and the Barbizon school had strong influences on his art. For 15 years, until 1893, he lived in Munich and spent his annual vacation in the fishing village of Choggia near Venice. This led him to paint maritime...
Description: Stanisław Kamocki (1875-1944). His father, an architect, gave him his first drawing lessons, then Kamocki studied at the SSP in Krakow, among others with L. Wyczółkowski, J. Malczewski and J. Stanisławski. He spent a large part of his education on a scholarship in Paris and travels in Italy. In 1908 he became a professor...
Description: Emile Georges Giran (1870-1902) was a French painter, educated in Paris. He first presented his works at the Salon Société des Artistes Français in 1890, and for the following years he exhibited at the Salon Société Nationale des Beaux–Arts. He was engaged in landscape and portrait painting in oil and pastel technique. A popular...
Description: Johan Frits Thaulow (1847-1906) studied at the Academy in Copenhagen and Karlsruhe. Visits to France had a great influence on his work and encouraged him to establish the “Freilu–ftakademie“ to fight against the traditions of academic painting in Norway. Eventually he moved to northern France and became a member of the Société Nationale des...
Description: Johan Frits Thaulow (1847–1906) studied at the Academy in Copenhagen and Karlsruhe. Visits to France had a great influence on his work, which encouraged him to set up the “Freilu–ftakademie” to fight against the traditions of academic painting in Norway. Finally he moved to northern France. He became a member of the Société Nationale...
Description: Stanisław Kamocki (1875-1944). His father, an architect, gave him his first drawing lessons, then Kamocki studied at SSP in Kraków, including at L. Wyczółkowski, J. Malczewski and J. Stanisławski. He spent a large part of his education on a scholarship in Paris and travels in Italy. In 1908 he became a professor at the...
Description: Wojciech Kossak (1856-1942) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow between 1871 and 1874, and then at the Munich Academy, where he made friends with the Polish artistic colony. From 1877 to 1883 he pursued further studies at the École des Beaux–Arts in Paris. Living in Krakow permanently, he often traveled around...
Description: Georges Guillaume Roger (1867–1943) was a French painter. He studied in Paris with Jean–Léon Gérôme. He regularly exhibited his works at the Paris Salons. He worked in genre painting, portraiture, but also landscapes and marines. He created in the style of fin de siècle, and in his later work he was inspired by Breton...
