Aleksander Lesser (13 May 1814 – 13 March 1884) was a Polish painter, illustrator, sketch artist, art critic, and amateur researcher of antiquities.[1] Lesser was Jewish, and became one of the first artists to depict scenes from modern Jewish history in Poland.[1] He specialized in Polish historical and contemporary themes, and he was known and respected in artistic and scholarly circles.[1] 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.[2]
AleksanderLesser (13 May 1814 – 13 March 1884) was a Polish painter, illustrator, sketch artist, art critic, and amateur researcher of antiquities. Lesser...
(born 1987), Russian ice hockey player Aleksander Kwaśniewski (born 1954), former President of Poland AleksanderLesser (1814–1884), Polish painter, illustrator...
Lesser (1851–1926), German physician AleksanderLesser (1814–1884), Polish painter and art critic Anton Lesser (born 1952), British actor Axel Lesser...
(1809–1891) Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980) Stanisław Lentz (1861–1920) AleksanderLesser (1814–1884) Wincenty de Lesseur (1745–1813) Olga Lewicka (born 1975)...
Male Nude Lying, by AleksanderLesser (1837), National Museum, Warsaw. The painting was displayed in the temporary exhibition of homoerotic art Ars Homo...
immortalised in the paintings of Franciszek Smuglewicz, Józef Peszka and AleksanderLesser. The castle in Trembowla was built in the 14th century on a high hill...
Casimir IV in advanced age, by Jan Matejko Portrait of King Casimir, by AleksanderLesser, 1860 Giovanni da Capistrano and King Casimir IV Statue of Casimir...
mathematician Jacek Leociak (born 1957), literary scholar and historian AleksanderLesser (1814–1884), painter, illustrator and art critic Maciej Lewenstein...
elected to the Accounting Committee: Jakub Lewiński, Karol Beyer and AleksanderLesser. On behalf of the Administrative Council of the Kingdom of Poland...
Chrzanowska inspired Polish painters and writers alike. Most notable works: AleksanderLesser (1814–1884) painting Defense of the Trembowla against the Turks Leopold...
Mieczysław Gębarowicz, art historian, museum director, custodian of Ossolineum Aleksander Gieysztor Kazimierz Godłowski, historian and archeologist Władysław Grabski...
Positivism was born in Lesser Poland, including Wincenty Pol (born in Lublin), Stefan Żeromski (born near Kielce), Aleksander Świętochowski (born near...
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (US: /ʃɛnˈkjeɪvɪtʃ, -jɛv-/ shen-KYAY-vitch, -KYEV-itch, Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛkˈsandɛr ˈpjus ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ];...
to Giewont's summit was undertaken in 1830 by Franciszek Herbich and Aleksander Zawadzki. Mariusz Zaruski completed the first recorded winter ascent in...
Zemsta (Revenge) is a Polish comedy by Aleksander Fredro, a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions...
Jefferson and disagreed with him on many issues, he viewed Jefferson as the lesser of two evils. Hamilton spoke of Jefferson as being "by far not so a dangerous...
lineages: of Wiśnicz (from Aleksander Michał, 1614 – 1677), Łańcut (from Stanisław Herakliusz, 1642 – 1702), Przeworsk (from Aleksander Michał, – d. 1675), Rzeszów...
artist Dušan Božić. Modern artistic vision of volkhv by Polish artist Aleksander Karcz. Modern artistic vision of volkhv by Russian artist Andrey Shishkin...
family, the Radziwiłłs, in 1840 she married Aleksander Czartoryski, an aristocrat from a family of no lesser notability. She was taught piano by Carl Czerny...
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