Antoni SUCHANEK (1901-1982), Set of 3 autolithographs from the portfolio "Ruins of Old Warsaw", 1945

1. St. Jack's Church - autolithography, paper, 48 x 31 cm (in light of passe-partout), date and title on plate and signed in pencil by the author l. d. Edition of 300 copies. Warsaw 1945.
2. the Franciscan Church - autolithography, paper, 33 x 37 cm (inside the passe-partout), date and title on board and signed by the author in pencil p. d. Edition of 300 copies. Warsaw 1945.
3. Plac Trzech Krzyży with St. Alexander Church - autolithography, paper, 27 x 34 cm (clear passe-partout), date and title on board and signed by author in pencil p. d. Edition of 300 copies. Warsaw, 1945.
Antoni Suchanek studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow from 1917 to 1922 under Józef Mehoffer and Teodor Axentowicz, and then in Bydgoszcz under Leon Wyczółkowski. Since 1925, he often stayed in Orlowo, at the same time running a studio in Warsaw. He was one of the founders of the Circle of Polish Mariners, as well as chairman of the Visual Arts Section of the Maritime and Colonial League. In 1926, he was a co-founder of the Union of Pomeranian Artists, and in 1937 of the ZZPAP in Gdynia. He was closely associated with Warsaw's Zachêta, where he hosted exhibitions from 1937 until the outbreak of war.
During World War II he was imprisoned in a concentration camp. In 1946 he returned to Gdynia and settled in Orlowo. He created a chronicle illustrating the uplift from the ruins of the destroyed city (the series "Shipyard Builds"). He was an active participant in artistic life in the Tri-City, which resulted in the creation of the Group of Polish Marine Artists in the artistic cafe Cyganeria. He was supported in this by Marian Mokwa. He painted illustrations for many magazines published on the Coast.