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Stanisław Wojciech Bergman (13 April 1862,
@ Krosno24. by Otto Seitz and Sandor Wagner. When he returned to Kraków, he received a small workshop at the Academy, where he assisted Matejko with his classes in composition and was awarded a degree in 1888. Three years later, he went back to Krosno, where he was married and began to turn away from historical themes. He also joined the
Exhibition review
@ Krosno24
Munich Fine Arts Academy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bergman, Stanislaw 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists 1862 births 1930 deaths People from Krosno History painters Genre painters Polish male painters
Stanisław Wojciech Bergman (13 April 1862, Krosno
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- 28 August 1930, Krosno) was a Polish painter of historical scenes, genre
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scenes, portraits and still-life
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s.
Biography
He was born to a wealthy bourgeois family. From 1879 to 1885, he studied at theKraków Academy of Fine Arts
The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki w Krakowie, usually abbreviated to ''ASP''), is a public institution of higher education located in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It is the oldest Pol ...
with Jan Matejko
Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Poles, Polish painting, painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works includ ...
, who had a decisive influence on his style. He then won a scholarship that allowed him to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
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, from 1885 to 1887."Bergman in the Museum"@ Krosno24. by Otto Seitz and Sandor Wagner. When he returned to Kraków, he received a small workshop at the Academy, where he assisted Matejko with his classes in composition and was awarded a degree in 1888. Three years later, he went back to Krosno, where he was married and began to turn away from historical themes. He also joined the
Sokol
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gymnastic movement and became one of the first members of " Sztuka", an art society.
From 1909 to the end of World War I, he and his family lived in Vienna. When they once again returned to Krosno, they moved into a house designed for them by Jan Sas Zubrzycki
Jan Sas Zubrzycki (25 June 1860 in Tłuste – 4 August 1935 in Lwów) was a Polish architect known for his work in the neo-Gothic styleBolesław Klimaszewski. ''An Outline history of Polish culture''. Interpress. 1984. p. 209. and originator ...
, which still retains some of Bergman's decorative touches.
In additional to historical paintings, he created portraits of eminent townspeople and fashionable ladies and was fond of painting flowers. In his later years, under the influence of Impressionism
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, his palette brightened considerably. Many of his works are in the National Museum, Krakow
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, and the Museum of Independence
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(historical scenes). A major retrospective was held at the "Muzeum Podkarpackie" (Sub-Carpathian Museum) in Krosno from 2010 to 2011.
References
Further reading
* Anna Guz, ''Stanisław Wojciech Bergman: wybitny malarz krośnieński'', Muzeum Podkarpackie w Krośnie, 2011External links
Exhibition review
@ Krosno24
Munich Fine Arts Academy
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