Etching, paper, 11.5 x 9.5 cm in light passe-partout, signed p.d.: Włodz. Konieczny
illustration for Stefan Zeromski's book "Rose. Unstaged Drama", published under the pseudonym Jozef Katerla.
He began his artistic studies at the Industrial School in Lviv. In 1901-1903 he continued them in Zakopane, at the School of Wood Industry. He came to Zakopane thanks to the help of Stanislaw Witkiewicz. In 1903-1908 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Konstanty Laszczka and Jozef Pankiewicz. He was involved in sculpture and printmaking (he mainly practiced etching and lithography), as well as poetry. The work on display is part of the current of Young Poland symbolism, but the inspiration of Romanticism is also discernible. Przecław Smolik characterized the artist's interests during the period when the presented engraving was created as follows: : "He reads [...] a lot, studies art and general history with enthusiasm, especially diaries, while a peculiar charm is exerted on him by Słowacki, Krasiński, Cyprian Norwid and Stanisław Wyspiański. It is also during this period of his life that he reaches for the pen, apparently not finding full expression and solace for his creative fever in graphic and plastic art."
