woodcut "later print" based on the design by Wacław Wąsowicz, "On the Beach,"
paper 20.3 cm x 26 cm (inside the passe-partout), 32.5 x 28 cm (framed with passe-partout), 1940s
Wacław Wąsowicz (born August 25, 1891, in Warsaw; died October 6, 1942, in Wilanów)—Polish painter and printmaker.He studied at the Wojciech Gerson School of Drawing in Warsaw (1909–1910), and then at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts (1911–1914) under Ignacy Pieńkowski. He was also a student of Jacek Malczewski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (1914).He practiced easel painting, printmaking (woodcut), and watercolor; he painted on fabric and ceramics, and was also involved in interior design. He held many public positions and was a member of the artistic groups Formists, Rytm, and Ryt.In May 1939, he exhibited three of his paintings at the Art Propaganda Institute gallery in Łódź: “Two Girls” (a painting purchased by the National Culture Foundation), “The Painter and the Models” (owned by the Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment), and “Road from the Village” (a painting that won an award in Paris).
