Artist
Aleksander Lesser
Polish, 1814–1884
Aleksander Lesser was a Polish Realism artist. 16 works are cataloged here, principally at National Museum in Warsaw. Aleksander Lesser was born in Warsaw.
Aleksander Lesser (13 May 1814 – 13 March 1884) was a Polish painter, illustrator, sketch artist, art critic, and amateur researcher of antiquities. Lesser was Jewish, and became one of the first artists to depict scenes from modern Jewish history in Poland. He specialized in Polish historical and contemporary themes, and he was known and respected in artistic and scholarly circles.
He was a member of Kraków's Academy of Learning and co-founder of Warsaw's Zachęta, the Society for Encouragement of the Fine Arts.
Works by Aleksander Lesser
Knight in armour
Portrait of the artist’s father, Levy Lesser
Portrait of John II Casimir Vasa (1609–1672)
Portrait of Stefan Czarniecki (1599–1665)
Portrait of Friedrich Berg
St. Mary Magdalene
Death of Barbara Radziwiłł
Portrait of king Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632)
Portrait of Julia née Bergson, artist’s wife
Monk – pilgrim
Captives
Dream of Gediminas about the Iron Wolf
Sketch for “Wincenty Kadłubek”
Youth of Bolesław the Wry-Mouthed
Patriotic manifestation at the square of the Old Town in 1861
Funeral of the Five Victims
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