Polish artist Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski (1849-1915) (works)

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Alfred Jan Maximilian Wierusz-Kowalski (Polish Alfred Kowalski-Wierusz; October 11, 1849, Suwalki - February 16, 1915, Munich) was a Polish realist artist. A. Kovalsky was born into the family of a notary. He spent his childhood on his parents' estate near Suwalki, in Russian Poland. In 1865, the father of the future artist received a position as a notary in Kalisz, and the family left Suwałki. In Kalisz, A. Kowalski graduated from high school and took his first drawing lessons. He continues his studies in painting by enrolling in the Warsaw Drawing Class, where he studies under the guidance of Wojciech Gerson, Rafal Hadzewicz, and Alexander Kaminski.

In 1871, the artist went abroad - he lived in Dresden, Prague, Munich. In 1872-1873 he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Recognition as an artist comes to A. Kowalski in Munich, where he has lived since 1876, his paintings are readily bought. The artist also attends classes at the Munich Academy; in the city he joins a circle of Polish artists that has formed around Jozef Brandt.

The theme of A. Kowalski's works was genre scenes, often written with humor, as well as battle and historical paintings. In 1903, he traveled to North Africa, after which he created a number of works with Arabic motifs. Since 1890, A. Kowalski has been a professor at the Munich Academy.

He exhibited repeatedly in his homeland: in Warsaw, Krakow, Lviv, Poznan. He won honorary prizes and medals at exhibitions in Munich, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, St. Louis, Louisville. He was awarded a Gold Medal at an art exhibition in Lvov in 1904.