Portrait of a Young Girl

Simon Buchbinder

Buchbinder was a Polish painter. Most of his works were genre and historical scenes and portraits done in small formats. He received his first lessons from his brother, Józef, an established artist who was his senior by fourteen years. From 1869 to 1871, he attended the “Warsaw School of Drawing”. After graduating, he was able to find a position as a designer at the Vienna State Opera. Two years later, he enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. He was there until 1878.