Michał Gorstkin-Wywiórski

Michał Paweł Gorstkin-Wywiórski (14 March 1861, Warsaw - 30 May 1926, Berlin) was a Polish painter; primarily of landscapes and maritime scenes.

[1] From 1881 to 1882, he studied chemistry at Riga Technical University and became a member of Arkonia [pl], an "academic corporation" devoted to Polish patriotism.

While there, at the invitation of Wojciech Kossak and Julian Fałat, he participated in painting a panorama depicting the Battle of Berezina.

In Spain, he and Kossak gathered material for a panorama of the Battle of Somosierra, which was never completed because of objections from the Russian authorities.

[2] Later, under the influence of the Young Poland movement, he shifted his interest to landscapes and marine art.