Etching on paper; print dimensions: 250 x 180 mm; signed lower right: "Ossecki". Signed in lead on the lower left: "ulica Klasztorna w Poznaniu" and the artist’s monogram in silver on the lower right: "WO"; additionally, the print is signed with the artist’s red seal on the lower left of the sheet: "WO". Condition: traces of water damage in the lower right corner extending into the composition; a tear in the lower left corner of the sheet without damage to the composition.
Wilhelm “Wilk” Ossecki (1892–1958) was a Polish painter, printmaker, and educator. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Józef Pankiewicz and Wojciech Weiss, while simultaneously studying at Jagiellonian University. He supplemented his education in museology in Vienna. He primarily created landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, but it was his work in printmaking that brought him particular acclaim. He was one of the leading Polish woodcut artists of the interwar period, and his colorful woodcuts, inspired in part by Japanese art, depicted landscapes, architecture, and urban motifs.
