Seweryn BIESZCZAD (1852 - 1923), Rural scene, 1881

lithograph, paper; 13 x 18 cm, cm (light framed), 24 x 29 cm (framed); signed on plate l. d.: S.Bieszczad. The engraving comes from the album "Kraków - Zagreb" (Kraków: Wydawnictwo Koło Artystyczno-Literackiego w Krakowie, 1881), from the printing house of Aureliusz Pruszyński's Artistic Lithography Department in Kraków

Aureliusz Pruszyński (9.09.1847 Kasinka Mała Powi. Limanowa - 22.04.1904 Kraków) a Kraków lithographer, owner of the highly regarded Aureliusz Pruszyński Artistic Lithography Establishment in Kraków founded in 1873 at 17 Pijarska Street, from ca 1902 the owner of the establishment was his son Zenon Pruszyński (see SAP vol. 8 pp. 92-93). In the factory of A. Pruszyński, from the end of the 19th century, leading artists of Cracow reflected their graphic works in lithography (including posters), including the famous "Teka Melpomena"