woodcuts, paper, 24 x 18 cm
Woodcuts, paper, 24 x 18 cm (illus. passe - partout); signed in pencil by the author p.d. "S. Raczynski"
Lublin - Cracow Gate, Pelpin - Cathedral,Toruń - Old Town Hall,Gdańsk - Cathedral ,Łowicz- Medieval Tower,Wrocław -Town Hall
StanislawRaczynski (1903 - 1982) painter, graphic artist, stage designer. He graduatedfrom theAcademy ofFine Artsin Cracow in 1926. Hecontinued his studies at universities inParisandItaly. His artistic output wasmainly woodcuts, but hewasalsoinvolvedinprintmaking,advertisingart and illustration.Most often hetookupfigural andarchitecturalsubjects (numerous woodcutsdepicting St. Mary'sChurch in Cracow),which hesubjected to decorative stylization. In 1927-28he worked as a stage designer at the Popular Theater in Krakow, and for the next two years in the same capacity at the Grand Theater in Poznan. In 1930 he went to Paris on a scholarship from the Ministry of ReligiousDenominations andPublicEnlightenment.
Bibliography: Index of visual artists graduates and pedagogues of artcolleges andmembers of ZPAPactivein 1939-1992, Lexicon Committee of VisualArtists,Gdańsk-Kraków-Łodź-Poznań-Toruń-Warszawa-Wrocław, 1994.
