Watercolor/gouache on greenish sheet 31.3 x 21.1 cm, ink signature in lower right corner by J.Kraupe. Not removed from the binding(old, tattered), good condition - creased lower right corner.
Janina Kraupe - Świderska (1921-2016) - painter, graphic designer, began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in 1938, during the war she graduated from Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Krakow, after the war she continued her education at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, in 1947 she received a diploma in painting (diploma in 1955), a year later she graduated in graphic design. A member of the Cracow Group and the Katowice-based Oneiron Group, where one can see references to cultures of the Far East, Buddhism, Zen philosophy. Associated with her alma mater, she became an associate professor in 1980 and a full professor in 1987.
