Stanisław JAKUBOWSKI (1885–1964), Swarożyc, 1933

The Gods of the Slavs - Le Dieux des Slaves. Kraków, 1933, Swarożyc
Woodcuts, cardboard, 15 x 15 cm (inside the passe-partout)
Stanisław Jakubowski (April 14, 1885, Kosów – June 9, 1964, Kraków), printmaker and painter. He initially studied at the School of Woodworking in Stanisławów (sculpture department), and from 1907 to 1912 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Kraków under T. Axentowicz, S. Dębicki, and L. Wyczółkowski; from 1912, he taught in secondary schools; from 1946, he was a lecturer and later an associate professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. From around 1914, he focused primarily on artistic printmaking; a master of woodcut, he also practiced metal engraving techniques. He created approximately one thousand prints and was, moreover, a prolific commercial artist, an expert on ornamentation and Slavic themes; see SAP, vol. 3, pp. 185–187
Bibliography: Grońska 1994, entry 282