Henryk Grabiński (1843,

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- 22 January 1903, Lwów) was a Polish landscape painter.

Life and work

After training as a jeweller and goldsmith, he decided to pursue an artistic career instead, so hw went to Vienna, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1861 to 1866. His primary instructor there was the landscape painter, Albert Zimmermann. He was awarded first prize for one of his landscapes in 1865. He continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, from 1868 to 1869. This was followed by trips to Paris, Italy,

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and Bavaria.Brief biography
@ AgraArt Upon returning to Poland, he divided his time between Kraków and Lwów; continuing to travel throughout

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, the Tatras and the Pienins, making sketches. From 1873 to 1877, he taught a basic course in landscape painting and drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.

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was one of his best-known students there.Agnieszka Ławniczakowa (Ed..), ''Malczewski, a vision of Poland. An exhibition organised by Barbican Art Gallery and the National Museum, Poznań'', Barbican Art Gallery, Posen 1990

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and

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also studied with him. After 1879, he settled permanently in Lwów. He suffered a serious illness in 1882, which left him unable to walk, but he continued to paint. In 1884, he wrote a textbook on landscape painting.

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More works by Grabiński
@ ArtInfo 1843 births 1903 deaths Polish painters Polish landscape painters Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni Artists from Lviv {{Poland-painter-stub