Kazimierz Wiszniewski (1894-1961), Mountain Landscape

woodcut, paper, 26 x 16 cm (in light of passe - partout), signed l.d KW-1955

Kazimierz Wiszniewski (b. 1894 in Warsaw, d. 1960 in Cracow)

Began his studies at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts under Ignacy Pieńkowski and Stanisław Lentz Continued his education at Konrad Krzyżanowski'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, with a side interest in painting and drawing. Thanks to his persistent work and in spite of his handicap (he was deaf-mute), he achieved a significant position in the circle of interwar graphic artists.
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.