Bogna Krasnodębska-Gardowska (1900-1986), Czytelnik Printing House in Kraków, 1949

original lang woodcut, paper, card size 35x25 cm
The graphic comes from the Teka of woodcuts issued by the Provincial Office in Cracow on the occasion of July 22, 1949.

Bogna Krasnodębska-Gardowska (born 1900 in Sosnowiec, died 1986 in Cracow) is a Polish visual artist. She specialized in printmaking (especially woodcut) and drawing. She studied with Prof. Władysław Skoczylas at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts (1923-1930) and in Paris.
She was a founding member of the "Ritual" (1925-1939), a member of the Block Council of the Association of Professional Polish Artists and the Association of Teachers of Drawing. She received a gold medal for her overall work at the International Exhibition in Paris (1937). After the war, she settled in 1947 in Cracow and taught at the Cracow University of Technology (1948-1966). She was a member of the Group of Nine Graphic Artists (1947-1960).

In the People's Republic of Poland, July 22, or Polish Renaissance Day, was a day off from work, a major holiday with numerous propaganda academies and big events celebrating the Polish United Workers' Party, the socialist system and its great achievements. A great example of socialist realism in art.
Work in very good condition.