Ryszkiewicz Józef M., Dąbrowa Górnicza, 1888

Cycle of 4 boards, ink lavage, gouache;

1. Mortimer Shaft in the Ignacy Mine, signed p. d.: J. Ryszkiewicz 1888, pl. dimension: 30.5 x 44.8 cm; 2. View of the Mine Area. Miners, 1888; signed p. d.: J. Ryszkiewicz 1888, pl. dimension: 32 x 42.8 cm; 3. View of the castle in Będzin. View of Dąbrowa Górnicza from the government office. Workers' houses. Dump. House in Modrzejów (now a district of Sosnowiec), 1888, signed P. d.: J. Ryszkiewicz, size pl.: 32 x 42.5 cm; 4. Old slipway called Łabęcka of the Paris mine, 1888, signed p. d.: Ryszkiewicz 1888, size pl.: 32.5 x 24.5 cm. The series was reproduced in Tygodnik Ilustrowany 1888, half year II, pp. 120-121, 129, 141, 144, 149, 156-157. . Condition of preservation: small tears, folds of margins. Drawings in very good condition, no dampstaining. Józef M. Ryszkiewicz (1856-1925) pupil of Wojciech Gerson, studied in St. Petersburg, Munich - 1878-82 in the studio of Józef Brandt. In Warsaw, he took an active part in the work of TZSP, and initiated many exhibitions. Lit.: SAP, vol. IX, p. 401