Seweryn Bieszczad (18 November 1852 – 17 June 1923) was a Polish

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.The Rough Guide to Poland. Jonathan Bousfield, Mark Salter. 2009. He was noted for his sense of

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and use of

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in painting primarily landscapes. He was born in

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on 18 November 1852 into a family of painters. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in

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between the years 1868 - 1876, under the direction of Wladyslaw Łuszczkiewicz, and then Jan Matejko, and participated in the classes conducted by Leon Dembowski and Feliks Szynalewski. Later, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in

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under the direction of A. Wagner and in

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as a fellow at the Vienna Academy. Seweryn Bieszczadpainting

In 1891, on the advice of friends, he moved permanently to

Krosno Krosno (in full ''The Royal Free City of Krosno'', pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a historical town and Krosno County, county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inha ...

, where he lived until the end of his life (with the exception of years 1920 - 1923, when he was in Pleszew (woiwodship

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). In Krosno has been an active member of committees of artistic works and artistic associations. It was in Krosno that he painted a high number of landscapes of the town and surroundings. He died on 17 June 1923, in Krosno.

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