Jerzy HOPPEN

CHATS
Etching, soft varnish, paper; 36 x 27.8 cm (sheet)
Signed in pencil under the engraving: "Chats" JHoppen
Illustration to the ballad "Czaty" by Adam Mickiewicz
Jerzy HOPPEN
1891 Kaunas - 1969 Torun
Graphic designer. He began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1913 under S. Dębicki. They were interrupted by the war. He resumed them in St. Petersburg. He returned to Poland in 1921 and continued his studies at the Faculty of Painting at S. Batory University in Vilnius and in Paris. He was a professor of printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts at M. Copernicus University in Torun. His best known work is a portfolio of etchings devoted to the architecture of old Vilnius.
Asking price 2000
Estimate 2400 - 2500