A color woodcut, inscribed on the left with “Wawel orig. woodcut” and signed on the right by “Wł. Bielecki.”
Dimensions in frame: 41x32 cm (28x20 cm)
Władysław Bielecki (1896–1942 or 1943, Kraków)—Polish sculptor, woodcut artist, painter, and graphic artist. During World War I, he fought in the 2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions; after 1918, he left for Germany, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. 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 woodcut artists 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.
