Woodcut, 11 x 13 cm in light passe - partout, signed on panel l.d. "Adrian Głębocki"
Adrian Mikołaj Głębocki (born September 8, 1833 in Panki, died May 15, 1905 in Warsaw) - Polish painter, draughtsman, lithographer, book illustrator and educator.
Głębocki was born in Panki, in the then Kalisz province. After graduating from the district school in Wieluń in 1850-1857, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw; after his studies he traveled to Paris, Vienna and Munich. From 1863 he lived in Częstochowa, where he worked as a drawing teacher at the local Philological Gymnasium. During this time he created many works thematically related to Kalisk. From 1873 he lived in Warsaw.An important feature of his work, especially his drawings and watercolors, is their documentary value. He devoted a lot of space in his work to the preservation of architectural monuments. Some of them no longer exist today, such as the 17th century church of St. James in Częstochowa, the wooden church of St. Stanislaus the Bishop in Brzeźnica Stara, and the interior of a mine in Panki. Głębocki's drawings, often accompanied by additional descriptions, are valuable iconographic material. In addition to several-sentence descriptions that are a commentary on the drawings, the artist wrote several articles on the monuments of the region. They were devoted to the Jasna Gora monastery, the former church of the Canons Regular in Mstow and the church in Truskolasy[1]. All of them were published in "Kłosy." His article on Czestochowa painting was published in "Wiek" magazine in 1874. His works, which were illustrations of articles also by other authors, were published by Głębocki in, among others, "Tygodnik Illustrowana".Among his works, paintings on religious subjects, as well as genre and historical scenes, occupy much space. He created a number of drawing series on religious themes: St. Eustace the Martyr, St. Mary Magdalene, Glory of Mary, as well as historical: Polish Legends. He made the Album of Jasna Góra, consisting of 52 watercolor sketches.His illustrations were also included in the Old Polish Encyclopedia by Zygmunt Gloger.
