etching/ribbed paper with watermark of Amsterdam paper mill: J HONIG/&/ZOONEN; 31.3 x 21.2 cm; plate 17.6 x 12.4 cm; under composition l. d. signature in pencil: S de Romer. Good condition of the print, the card divided by pen into fields with vertical and horizontal lines. Probably a postwar print, which may be indicated by the artist's signature.
good state of preservation
LITERATURE:
- Anna Prugar-Myślik, Catalogue of the exhibition of paintings and partial list of works by Zofia Dembowska Romer translated by Andrzej Romer, M.K.Čiurlionis State Museum of Art in Kaunas, National Museum in Warsaw, Kaunas-Warsaw 1991/Sofijos Dembovskytės Römerienės parados katalogas ir Dalinis paveikslų sarašas: Valsybinis M.K.Čiurlionis Dailės Muziejus, Varšuvos Tautinis Muziejos/ Catalogue of picture exhibition and complete list of Zofia Dembowska Romer's works: M.K.Čiurlionis State Museum of Art-Kaunas, National Museum-Warsaw, p.112, cat.1084.
Zofia of Dembowska Romer was a painter and graphic artist, also a talented portraitist. She was educated
in Vilnius and Cracow. She made her debut in 1909 at a salon at the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow. In 1911 she married Eugeniusz Romer and settled in Samogitia. She exhibited her works in Riga, Kaunas and Vilnius. She created graphic works in etching and aquatint. In 1941 she was arrested and deported by the Soviets deep into Russia. In 1947 she settled in London, and from 1952 in Montreal. She created until 1963.
