Stanislaw GAWRON (1919-2001), "Etude XX - animals", 1982

Color etching, 16/30, 49.5 x 31.8 cm,
signed on p.d.: Stanislaw Gawron 1982; signed on p.d. l.d.: "Etude XX - animals" 16/30.

Graphic artist and painter associated with the artistic circles of Silesia and Zagłębie, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Between 1945 and 1948 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, where he received his diploma from the Faculty of Painting in the studio of J. Fedkowicz and from the Faculty of Graphic Arts in the studio of K. Srzednicki and A. Jurkiewicz. Since 1948 he has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow at the Department of Graphic Arts in Katowice. In 1986 he was awarded the title of associate professor. He was a co-founder of the Zagłębie Group. He participated in about 300 exhibitions at home and abroad. Among others, he participated in the Triennial of Color Graphics in Switzerland, 1964, in 1971 Paris (XII Salon International "Paris Sud"), at the Intergraphy in Berlin in 1967, 1972, 1975. He was repeatedly awarded for his artistic work and teaching activities. The artist practiced printmaking - etching, woodcut, linocut, drypoint, chipping, and was involved in painting and drawing.