Krystyna Wróblewska(1904-1994),Chapel in Plazowka

Format:18x14(print),30x23cm(portfolio),woodcut,inscribed in topographic script at bottom margin

from Tatra portfolio, woodcut by Krystyna Wróblewska with introductory poem by Leopold Staff, published by "Horyzont". Krakow 1947 Printed 1200 pieces numbered /at the printing house of W.L. Anczyc and sp. in Krakow/ All woodcuts printed from original pear blocks/ assembled by S. Obtułowicz. Pressed by W. Makoś// No. 534

Painter, graphic artist. Studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan Batory University in Vilnius (under Ludomir Sledziński), then at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris (1938). Co-founder of the Vilnius Group. In Poland, in Cracow together with her son Andrzej since 1945. Co-founder of the Group of Nine Graphic Artists. She exhibited with this Group in 1947-1960, and continued the traditions of Warsaw and Vilnius woodcuts from before the war. Known for her fantastic exlibrises around the world.