Karol HUKAN, Self-Portrait, 1935

Charcoal, pastel, paper, 62 x 47.6 cm, signed p.g.: Karol Hukan Kraków 1935.

Sculptor associated with Krakow. He began his education at the School of Artistic Industry in Kolomyia in 1900-1907 and continued it in 1908-1912 at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts under Konstanty Laszczka. He is the author of numerous Krakow altars, sacred sculptures and architectural decorations, as well as memorial plaques and tombstones. He collaborated with Dunikowski on the sculptural decoration of the Jesuit church on Kopernika Street, and is the author of the monumental sculptures on the NBP building on Basztowa Street and the doors of the Marian Church.