Maurycy Gottlieb

Maurycy Gottlieb
Self-portrait, 1876
Born21 February 1856
Drohobycz, Austrian Poland (now Drohobych, Ukraine)
Died17 July 1879(1879-07-17) (aged 23)
Kraków, Austrian Poland
Known forJews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, 1878
MovementRealism

Maurycy Gottlieb (Polish pronunciationⓘ; 21 February 1856 – 17 July 1879) was a Polish-Jewish realist painter of the Romantic period. Considered one of the most talented students of Jan Matejko, Gottllieb died at the age of 23.

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