Stanislav OSTOJA-CHROSTOWSKI (1897-1947), Pericles, 1940

woodcut, paper, 24 x 17 cm (clear passe-partout), 34 x 27 cm (passe-partout); signed on woodblock p. d.: Chrostowski; described at bottom in composition: PERICLES. PRINCE OF TYRE

Stanislaw Ostoja-Chrostowski - a prominent Polish graphic artist. From 1917 to 1923 he studied painting and architecture in Moscow, then from 1923 to 1930 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw, among others with W. Skoczylas, he received his diploma with a specialization in graphic design in 1934. First works already from 1924, he quickly gained a high position and numerous domestic and foreign awards, he was a member of the Rytu and the Circle of Advertising Graphic Artists, in 1937 he took over the Chair of Artistic Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, then its professor, and in 1945 its rector. He practiced fine art printmaking, mainly woodcuts.