Elviro ANDRIOLLI (1836-1893), For the Hungry, 1880

Woodcut, paper; 25 x 23 cm (light frame);
Signed and dated on plate.
Reproduced and described in "Andriolli in Art and Social Life", H. Piątkowski and H. Dobrzycki, Warsaw 1904, p.129
Michał Elwiro Andriolli-metric Elwiro Michał Andriolli (born November 14, 1836 in Vilnius, died August 23, 1893 in Nałęczów)-Polish draughtsman, illustrator and painter, representative of Romanticism. He was a prominent book illustrator who worked with Warsaw, Paris and London publishers. Among the best-known works of Polish and foreign literature illustrated by Andriolli are such as: "The Old Tale" by J. I. Kraszewski, "Lilla Weneda" by J. Slowacki, "Meir Ezofowicz" by E. Orzeszkowa, "Born Jan Dęboróg" by W. Syrokomla, "Memoirs of a Quaestor" by I. Chodzko, "Marya" by A. Malczewski and "The Last of the Mohicans" by J. F. Cooper, "Legend of the Ages" by W. Hugo or "Romeo and Juliet" by W. Shakespeare. The artist worked extensively on paintings for the works of Adam Mickiewicz, being the author, among others, of the most famous and so far most popular illustrations for "Pan Tadeusz." [za: min. Wikipedia].