Jozef Wilkoń, THE CAT FAMILY

31,6 x 46,0 cm - pastel, ink pen, paper signed p.d.: JWilkoń

on the reverse in pencil med: 37 [in circle].



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Jozef Wilkoń studied art history at the Jagiellonian University from 1950 (graduated 1954) and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studio of Prof. Adam Marczynski (graduated 1955). Since 1957 he has specialized in illustration and book graphics. He has worked with many publishing houses in the country, including Nasza Księgarnia, Czytelnik, KAW, Interpress, and since 1963 also with foreign publishing houses, such as: Flammarion (Paris), Middelhauve Verlag (Cologne), Loewes Verlag (Bayreuth), Kinderbuchverlag (Berlin), Boehem Press (Zurich), Green Peace Publishers (Tokyo). After the imposition of martial law in Poland, the artist stopped cooperating with domestic publishing houses, henceforth publishing exclusively abroad. He is one of the best known and most awarded Polish illustrators. He has developed his own style based on extraordinary imagination and obedient painting skills. He uses a wide-spread stain contrasted with a graphic line.