Maximilian Cercha

Maximilian (also spelled Maksymilian) Cercha (1818–1907) was a Polish painter and drawer. He was the nephew of Ezechiel Cercha (1790–1820) and the father of Stanisław Cercha (1867–1919).

Life
Cercha was born on October 12, 1818 in Kraków. He studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts and at the Painting and Drawing School at the Technical Institute in Kraków with Karol Ceptowski, Jan Nepomucen Głowacki and Wojciech Stattler.

Cercha died in Kraków on June 29, 1907 and was buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery. Among Cercha's students are his son, Stanisław Cercha, and Stanisław Tarnowski.