At age 11, Artur Grottger was sent from a quiet estate to study painting in Lwów under the apprenticeship of Jan Kanty Maszkowski (1848–1852), (together with Stanisław Tarnowski) and (briefly) Juliusz Kossak. In 1852 he embarked on a journey to Kraków (then in the Austrian Partition) to attend classes at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts. He studied under Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Wojciech Kornel Stattler.
At eleven years old, Artur Grottger was sent from a tranquil estate to study painting in Lwów with apprenticeship under Jan Kanty Maszkowski (1848–1852), Stanisław Tarnowski, and Juliusz Kossak. In 1852 he traveled to Kraków (then part of the Austrian Partition) to enroll at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts where he studied with Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Wojciech Kornel Stattler.