Józef Holewiński

Józef Holewiński (1848–1917) was a Polish graphic artist, engraver and painter.^[1]

Józef Holewiński

Career

Holewiński was a leading representative of Polish wood engraving. He did work for a number of periodicals, including Kłosy (Gleanings), Wędrowiec (The Wanderer) and Moderne Kunst (German: Modern Art). From 1891 he was artistic director at the Warsaw Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Illustrated Weekly).^[2]

He engraved paintings and drawings for periodicals after Jan Matejko, Juliusz Kossak and others. He executed reproductions for Album Jana Matejki (Album of Jan Matejko, 1876).^[3]

Toward the end of his life, Holewiński painted landscapes and portraits.^[4]

Gallery

Works by Holewiński:

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  Bolesław Prus (frontispiece to first book edition of Prus' novel, The Doll, 1890)
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  Jan Kochanowski
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  Galician small-town mayor, 1878, after picture by Andrzej Grabowski
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  Ukrainian peasant woman, 1886
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  Fire at the Circus, Berdychiv, 1883, after drawing by M.E. Andriolli

See also

• List of Poles