Kazimierz WISZNIEWSKI (1894 - 1960), Still life, 1931

woodcut, paper 26 x 16 cm (in light of passe - partout)

Kazimierz Wiszniewski (born 1894 in Warsaw, died 1960 in Krakow). He began his studies at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts under Ignacy Pienkowski and Stanisław Lentz . He continued his studies at Konrad Krzyzanowski's private school of painting. He completed his artistic education at the Municipal School of Decorative Arts under Mieczyslaw Kotarbinski, Edmund Trojanowski and Wladyslaw Skoczylas, whom he considered his master. He stylized his works under the influence of folk art and ornamentation. He also created religious compositions and portraits.After 1930 Wiszniewski changed his interests and took up architecture and landscape, greatly enriching his graphic technique. The subject of his works is the historic architecture of Gdansk, Poznan, Kazimierz, Warsaw and other cities.He was engaged in printmaking, mainly woodcuts, side by side painting and drawing. Thanks to his persistent work and despite his handicap (he was deaf and dumb) he achieved a significant position in the circle of interwar graphic designers.He participated in the Second International Exhibition of Modern Graphics in Florence. He found himself there in the company of Jozef Mehoffer, Wladyslaw Skoczylas, Wojciech Weiss and Leon Wyczółkowski.