Wilhelm August Stryowski
Illustration — Otto Brausewetter,The evening meeting of painters at the Stoddart in Gdańsk (1862). Stryowski is first on the right side. Wilhelm August Stryowski (1834–1917) was a Polish-German painter.
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Wilhelm August Stryowski
Otto Brausewetter · http: pozycja=1 · Public domain
- Born
- 1834 · Gdańsk.
- Died
- 1917 · Essen.
- Nationality
- Germany · Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Education
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Languages
- German
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Wilhelm August Stryowski fut peintre et peintre paysagiste ; sa naissance est enregistrée le 23 décembre 1834 à Danzig et son décès le 3 février 1917 à Essen.
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Wilhelm August Stryowski was born in Gdańsk (Danzig), he studied at the Gdańsk School of Fine Arts. He studied there under Johann Carl Schultz, the school founder and director, and with a scholarship he later studied in Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. From 1870 to 1873 he was one of creators of the City Museum (now, National Museum in Gdańsk). From 1880 he was art conservator of the museum collection, and from 1887 he was the museum's curator and at the same time – he was a secretary of Association of Friends of Art. From 1873 he lectured in the School of Arts and Artistic Crafts. In 1912, partially paralyzed, he lost command of one hand. He died in Essen in 1917 and was subsequently buried in Gdańsk according to his last will. His wife Clara (née Bädeker, or Baedeker) was a niece of the editor of well-known guide books. Most famous works by W.A.Stryowski depict Gdańsk society – Jews, Romas, workers, prominent citizens. One of the streets in Gdańsk is named after him.
Wilhelm August Stryowski studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Gdańsk, Galicia and Congress Poland. Work by Wilhelm August Stryowski is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Gdańsk and Wallraf–Richartz Museum.
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