Józef Holewiński

Polish artist
Józef Holewiński

Józef Holewiński (1848–1917) was a Polish graphic artist, engraver and painter.[1]

Career

Holewiński was a leading representative of Polish wood engraving. He did work for a number of periodicals, including Kłosy (Gleanings), Wędrowiec (The Wanderer) and Moderne Kunst (German: Modern Art). From 1891 he was artistic director at the Warsaw Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Illustrated Weekly).[2]

He engraved paintings and drawings for periodicals after Jan Matejko, Juliusz Kossak and others. He executed reproductions for Album Jana Matejki (Album of Jan Matejko, 1876).[3]

Toward the end of his life, Holewiński painted landscapes and portraits.[4]

Works by Holewiński:

  • Bolesław Prus (frontispiece to first book edition of Prus' novel, The Doll, 1890)
    Bolesław Prus (frontispiece to first book edition of Prus' novel, The Doll, 1890)
  • Jan Kochanowski
    Jan Kochanowski
  • Galician small-town mayor, 1878, after picture by Andrzej Grabowski
    Galician small-town mayor, 1878, after picture by Andrzej Grabowski
  • Ukrainian peasant woman, 1886
    Ukrainian peasant woman, 1886
  • Fire at the Circus, Berdychiv, 1883, after drawing by M.E. Andriolli
    Fire at the Circus, Berdychiv, 1883, after drawing by M.E. Andriolli

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Józef Holewiński," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN, volume 2, p. 225.
  2. ^ "Józef Holewiński," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN, volume 2, p. 225.
  3. ^ "Józef Holewiński," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN, volume 2, p. 225.
  4. ^ "Józef Holewiński," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN, volume 2, p. 225.

References

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