Oil on canvas, signed and dated p.d. "St. Sawiczewski 1923".
Dimensions in frame: 56x72 cm (45x61 cm)
Stanislaw Florian Sawiczewski (Krakow 1866 - 1943 Warsaw) - Polish painter and illustrator. He studied painting in Cracow (under Jan Matejko), from 1892 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Otto Seitz and in Vienna. He painted mainly nudes and landscapes. Prominent among his works is a series of pencil nude studies. During the 1920 war, he created posters to mobilize the war effort. In 1920-1939 he illustrated books published by St. Adalbert's Bookstore in Poznan, e.g. "Fading Sun" by Teodor Jeske-Choiński, Gebethner and Wolff Publishing House and many other publishing houses.
