Pawel STELLER (1895-1974), "Church in Bielowicko," 1934

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From the portfolio "Cieszyn Silesia in woodcut",
woodcut, 21.4 x 16.5 cm,
Signed on p.d.: P. Steller 1934; signed on p.d. l.d.: Woodcut - / Church in Bielowicko.
Graphic reproduced in: "Pawel Steller. Life and Works (1895-1974)", Museum of the History of Katowice, Katowice, 2006, il. 140.
Graphic from the private collection of doc. Józef Ligęza (1910-1972), prominent ethnographer, folklorist, collector of Silesian folk songs, director of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom in 1963-1972.

Graphic artist, painter, educator, associated with the Silesian artistic community. He studied in Lviv, Prague and graphic arts with W. Skoczylas at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. From graphic techniques he practiced woodcut, from painting techniques he practiced watercolor. His watercolor paintings, mostly winter landscapes from the area of Cieszyn Silesia, the Beskids and the Tatra Mountains, are characterized by an excellent mastery of the technique, a luminous color palette, and skillful use of white.