Felix SZYNALEWSKI (1825-1892), The Virgin, 1881

Lithograph, paper; 24 x 17 cm (light frame); wooden frame 32 x 26 cm;
Signed and dated on panel p. d.: FSzynalewski 81.
Work made especially for a portfolio published by the Artistic and Literary Circle in Cracow in 1881, whose purpose was to raise funds for the reconstruction of the Croatian capital Zagreb, affected by the earthquake the year before.
The lithograph was made in1881 at the Artistic Lithography Department of Aureliusz Pruszyński in Cracow.
Feliks Szynalewski (1825 Kraków - 1892 there) painter, also a draughtsman and printmaker. In 1841-1843 he studied at the School of Drawing and Painting (SRiM) at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (continuing in 1845-1850) and earning his living by lithography, in 1844 he went to Warsaw, where he took a job at Franciszek Szustr's lithographic workshop. From 1845 in Krakow teaching drawing and at the same time producing numerous drawings, lithographs and oil paintings. In 1852-1854 he studied at the Vienna academy. From 1854 he exhibited religious paintings at the TPSP in Cracow, while in 1857 he became an assistant at the SRiM, also working in this capacity after its transformation into the School of Fine Arts (SSP) in 1873 until 1890, he continued to create lithographs including those on numismatic subjects of his collection in this field. His painting work also included portraits (also in drawing), watercolors including miniatures;
See "Polski słownik biograficzny" (PSB) vol. 50, pp. 311-312.