Dimensions: 34 x 38 cm (inside the mat)
Signed in pencil on the lower right: 'Wład. Bielecki del. et imp. 925', inscribed on the lower left: 'Sandomierz: Przejście Dominikańskie | original woodcut'
Condition
small tear in the center
Biography
During World War I, he fought in the 2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions; after 1918, he moved to Germany, where he studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. After completing his studies, he returned to Kraków, where he became a sculpture instructor at the School of Fine Arts. He was a master of woodcut and color linocut, the creator of many bookplates; Japanese woodblock printmakers and the Kraków school of landscape painting had a significant influence on his work. The subjects of his works included architecture, landscapes, and animals; in creating them, he employed innovative methods that experimentally highlighted the importance of lighting.
