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Greeting Card

Jozef Szuszkiewicz

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Basic information
ID
ФМз-Г-IV-511
Author
Jozef Szuszkiewicz
Name
Greeting Card
Date of creation
1966/1969 (?)
Country
Poland
Technique
linocut
Material
paper
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
7.7 x 6
Additionally
Information about author
Author
Jozef Szuszkiewicz
Artist's lifetime
1912–1982
Country
Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland
Biography
Jozef Szuszkiewicz (1912, Lviv, Austro-Hungarian Empire – 1982, Tarnow, Poland) was a painter, graphic artist, and one of the founders of the Ludwik Solski Theatre in Tarnow. Teacher and director of the Lyceum of the Arts in Tarnow. Szuszkiewicz studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under Tadeusz Pruszkowski’s and Leon Wyczolkowski’s guidance. He participated in the Polish September Campaign of 1939, during which the Germans took him prisoner. After his release, the artist returned to Lviv, where he stayed until 1944. He later moved with his family to Tarnow. Member of the Association of Polish Artists, Jozef Szuszkiewicz participated in the first three national Biennales of Graphics in Krakow (1960, 1962, 1964) and also exhibited his works at the 10th World Congress of Ex Libris (Krakow, 1964). The artist’s solo exhibitions occurred in many cities across Poland and abroad. Szuszkiewicz’s work includes landscapes, portraits, still lifes, graphics, ex-libris designs, and projects for stained glass and polychromy for churches and chapels. His works are preserved in the Tarnow, Katowice, Wroclaw, and Lviv museums.
Object description
Against the starry sky is a stylised image of a cave with the silhouette of the Holy Family. The Star of Bethlehem shines above the cave. The card contains a handwritten greeting written by the author.
Inscriptions
To the right below the image, there is the artist's signature in pencil and date (illegible). On the back at the top, the number "157" is written in a triangle with a pencil. The following is the inscription: "J. Szuszkiewicz. Greeting card, linocut, 7.7 х 6".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery