Seweryn BIESZCZAD (1852-1923), Rural scene, 1881

lithograph, paper; 13 x 18 cm, cm (light framed), 24 x 29 cm (framed); signed on plate l. d.: S.Bieszczad. The lithograph comes from the album "Kraków - Zagreb" (Kraków: Wydawnictwo Koło Artystyczno-Literackiego w Krakowie, 1881), Department of Artistic Lithography of Aureliusz Pruszyński in Kraków
Aureliusz Pruszyński (9.09.1847 Kasinka Mała pow. Limanowa - 22.04.1904 Krakow) a Krakow lithographer, owner of the highly regarded Aureliusz Pruszyński Artistic Lithography Establishment in Krakow founded in 1873 at 17 Pijarska Street, from ca 1902 the owner of the establishment was his son Zenon Pruszyński (see SAP vol. 8 pp. 92-93). In the factory of A. Pruszyński, from the end of the 19th century, leading artists of Cracow reflected their graphic works in lithography (including posters), including the famous "Teka Melpomena"