Stanislaw Gliwa (1910-1986) - Image "Pancerni Krechowiacy Forsują Rzekę Chienti (Andriatyk)". 1944 Italy - 1st Krechowiecki Lancers Regiment, 2nd Corps, Linocut on Paper

Stanislaw Gliwa (1910-1986)
Armored Krechowiaks forcing the Chienti River (Adriatic Sea)
Italy, 1944
Linocut on paper
Dimensions: 15.5 × 10 cm; in frame: 27 × 23 cm
Exceptional composition by Stanislaw Gliwa, Polish printmaker, linocut artist and soldier of the 2nd Polish Corps under the command of General Władysław Anders. The work was created in 1944 in Italy and depicts a dramatic scene of the 1st Krechowiec Cavalry Regiment crossing the Chienti River, during hostilities on the Adriatic front.
The featured linocut is an excellent example of his frontal documentary work, which is part of the broader trend of war art of Polish soldiers in the West.
Condition: good, paper with natural patina of time; original period frame.
Stanisław Gliwa (1910 Siedliska-1986 London) - Polish linocut printmaker, soldier of the Second Polish Corps. Member of the "Horned Heart Strain" founded by Stanislaw Szukalski. His linocuts, often created in frontline conditions, combine graphic precision with reporter suspense. In the postwar period, he became famous as a designer and printer in London, where he designed the graphic layout of, among others, Melchior Wańkowicz's "The Battle for Monte Cassino" and Wladyslaw Anders' book "Without the Last Chapter."
Condition as shown in photos.