Description
Etching, paper; 30.8 x 24 cm (composition)
Signed in pencil under the engraving: St. Zawadzki 1935.
Asking price 500
Estimate 1000 - 1200
Stanislaw ZAWADZKI
1878 Warsaw - 1960 Warsaw
Painter, graphic artist. He was educated at the Warsaw Drawing School of W. Gerson. At the turn of 1899-1900, he continued his studies under J. Malczewski at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow. In 1900-1903 he studied with O. Seitz in Munich and then in Paris. He was a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts and before 1939 its vice-president. He painted mainly portraits, which brought him great popularity. He also created nudes, landscapes and genre scenes, using both oil and watercolor techniques. He practiced printmaking - especially lithography and etching.
