Michal Plonski (1778 Warsaw - 1812 Warsaw), Basketmaker, 1805

etching/paper
Dimensions: 31 x 24 cm (sheet)
Inscribed on the plate at the bottom: 'mPlonski f 1805'

Condition
unframed

Literature
Irena Jakimowicz, Five Centuries of Polish Graphics, National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw 1997, pp. 58, 350, il. on p. 56, cat. no. 457
Krystyna Czarnocka, One and a half centuries of Polish graphic art, Warsaw 1962, p. 61, il. on p. 60
Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz, Michal Plonski, Artistic Monographs edited by Mieczyslaw Treter, Volume X, Warsaw 1929, ill. cover and last plate.

Biography
Draughtsman and graphic artist. He studied under Jan Piotr Norblin. In 1800-10 he stayed in Holland and Paris. He made several hundred pen drawings and dozens of engravings in etching technique. His main work is "Recueil de 19 planches etudes des figures dessinees d`apres nature a Amsterdam en 1802 et gravees spirituellement a l`eau forte par M." published in Holland. Plonski a Paris" In his engravings he depicted caricatured types of beggars, traders, vagabonds. He also made miniature portraits and reproductions of works by old masters, mainly Rembrandt.