Q16157386 · 1893
Romanticism Artist
Witold Pruszkowski
Polish·1846–1896
24 paintings in our database
Pruszkowski provided a crucial bridge from Polish Romanticism to the Symbolism of the Young Poland generation, influencing his student Jacek Malczewski.
Biography
Witold Pruszkowski (1846–1896) was a Polish Romantic painter known for allegorical, mystical, and folk-inspired subjects that anticipated the Young Poland movement. Trained under Wojciech Gerson in Warsaw and in Munich, Pruszkowski spent much of his career in rural Ukraine and Volhynia, where he produced oil and pastel compositions drawing on Slavic legend, peasant mysticism, and poetic allegory. His canvas Rusalki (Water Nymphs) is considered a precursor of the Polish Symbolist movement.
Artistic Style
Pruszkowski combined academic drawing with loose, poetic paint handling and a moody palette of greens, violets, and earth tones. His subjects often float between realism and allegory.
Historical Significance
Pruszkowski provided a crucial bridge from Polish Romanticism to the Symbolism of the Young Poland generation, influencing his student Jacek Malczewski.
Paintings (24)
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Witold Pruszkowski·1893
Portrait of Mrs Matlińska.
Witold Pruszkowski·1871
Portrait of a girl in a hat.
Witold Pruszkowski·1801
Portrait of artist's sister.
Witold Pruszkowski·1875
Fern flower (On St. John's Night).
Witold Pruszkowski·1875
When the morning glows arise.
Witold Pruszkowski·1876
Water nymphs.
Witold Pruszkowski·1877
Falling star
Witold Pruszkowski·1884
Portrait of Włodzimierz de Rosenwerth Rużycki
Witold Pruszkowski·1865
Peasant in the “sukmana” overcoat
Witold Pruszkowski·
Portrait o f Aleksander Gierymski
Witold Pruszkowski·1889
Suicide’s grave
Witold Pruszkowski·1881
Artist’s son with a dog
Witold Pruszkowski·1881
Uniate woman
Witold Pruszkowski·1888
All Souls’ Day, part one of the triptych
Witold Pruszkowski·1888
Forest in autumn
Witold Pruszkowski·
Shepherd boy playing the fiddle
Witold Pruszkowski·1895
Portrait of the Sculptor Stefan Jarzymowski / Offering of the Crown to Piast – two-sided painting
Witold Pruszkowski·
Portrait of Aniela Geppert
Witold Pruszkowski·
Landscape with a Brushwood Fence
Witold Pruszkowski·
Portrait of a Boy
Witold Pruszkowski·
Water Nymphs
Witold Pruszkowski·1877
Pastoral Scene
Witold Pruszkowski·1880
Dawn
Witold Pruszkowski·1881
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