Size: 47.8 x 38.5 cm (in light of passe-partout)
Signed and dated p.d.: 'J.Wojnarski | 935'.
Biography
Painter, printmaker and educator. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow - painting under Florian Cynk, Jan Stanislawski and Leon Wyczolkowski (1902-1909), and printmaking under Józef Pankiewicz (1905-1906 and 1911-1912). He spent the years 1904-1905 in Italy. From 1910 he taught students at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts, initially as an instructor, later as head of the graphics course, and from 1929 as a professor in the Department of Graphic Arts. He belonged to artistic groups: "Five" "Color" and "Zwornik". In 1937 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, and received a gold medal at the international exhibition "Art and Technology" in Paris. He participated in numerous exhibitions showing his paintings and prints. As a student of Stanislawski, he painted mainly landscapes. As a graphic artist, he was involved in lithography and metal techniques (copperplate, etching). In 1909, he published a portfolio of Autolithographs containing ten charts devoted mainly to the monuments of Cracow. His lithographs were also included in several group portfolios: Graphic Portfolio of the Group of Five (1908), Graphic Portfolio 1 (1909), Krakow 1911 (1911), portfolio Krakow; 6 Autolithographs (after 1926) and portfolio Old Krakow in copperplate (1939). Numerous works by the artist are in the collections of the National Museums in Cracow and Warsaw, among others.
