A village girl (1906 - 1908)
Leon Wyczółkowski1906 - 1908 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1936)
Specifications
- Year
- 1906 - 1908
- Nationality / school
- Polish
- Lifespan
- 1852–1936
About the artwork
"A village girl" (1906 - 1908) is a work by Leon Wyczółkowski. About the period around 1906 - 1908: Posters, magazines, and illustrated books were major ways for the public to meet new art and design. The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other. Illustration in brief: Illustration serves a text or a story, a tradition that runs from decorated medieval manuscripts to printed book plates, magazines, and posters. Printing methods such as woodcut, engraving, lithography, and photomechanical reproduction each shaped how illustrators worked. The catalogue places it in Illustration. The format is landscape.
"A village girl" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Polish, 1852–1936
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