Konstanty Gorski self-portrait, 1896. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (accessed: April 12, 2022). Virginijus Vizbaras own work.
Konstanty Gorski (Górski)
, 1868 - 1934
Konstanty Gorski (also mispronounced as Górski) (1868–1934) was a painter and an illustrator. He was the youngest son of the owner of an estate in Kazimirów [Kazimierzów] (Kazimierava, Kaunas county in today’s Lithuania). He studied fine arts under Ivan Trutniev at a Vilnius school of drawing, later in Moscow, where he graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (Московское училище живописи, ваяния и зодчества, МУЖВЗ) in 1887. He then enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Arts (Императорская Академия художеств) in Saint Petersburg and studied under the direction of a battle painter Bogdan (Gottfried) P. Willewalde. Twice awarded for his works (e. g., gold medal in 1890 for his Male Nude), he continued his studies in Munich, Paris and Rome. From 1895, he lived in Warsaw where he was active in artistic life as a board member of the Warsaw Artistic Society (Warszawskie Towarzystwo Artystyczne). He took part in many exhibitions – in Poland and abroad, including the World’s Fair in Paris in 1900. His works were often reproduced on postcards. He drew for weeklies Wędrowiec [Wanderer], Tygodnik ilustrowany [Illustrated Weekly], Tygodnik polski [Polish Weekly] and Biesiada literacka [Literary Revel]. He was a very popular illustrator of books for adults as well as for children. He cooperated mostly with the Gebethner and Wolff editorial house, illustrating works by famous Polish authors such as, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, Adam Mickiewicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Maria Konopnicka, Maria Rodziewiczówna or Władysław Sieroszewski. His paintings and drawings are held by many museums and galleries in Poland and Lithuania.
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desa.pl (accessed: April 13, 2022).
sztuka.agraart.pl (accessed: April 13, 2022).
Wikipedia (accessed: April 13, 2022).
Bio prepared by Marta Pszczolińska, University of Warsaw, m.pszczolinska@al.uw.edu.pl
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