Stanislaw KAMOCKI (1875-1944), Observation post, 1934

autolithography, paper; 27.5 x 21.5 cm (clear passe-partout), 41 x 33.5 cm (framed, passe-partout); signed in pencil under composition p. d.: St. Kamocki. Graphic comes from the collection "Portfolio of Autolithographs by Legionary Artists Issued on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Armed Deed of the Legions 1919-1934," published in 1934 in Cracow by the Section of Legionary Artists on the occasion of the Historic Exhibition of the Polish Legions at the National Museum in Cracow.

"Portfolio of autolithographs by Legionary artists issued on the twentieth anniversary of the armed deed of the Legions 1919-1934".
The portfolio was published in 1934 in Cracow by the Section of Legionary Artists and accompanied the Historical Exhibition of the Polish Legions at the National Museum in Cracow. The exhibition was later also shown in other cities, including Lviv. Also present at the exhibition were Ignacy Pinkas' Legion-themed works, most of which were unfortunately lost during World War II. Some are known from photographs, and those that survived, such as the portrait of artilleryman Tadeusz Muller, are in the National Museum in Cracow. The portfolio contains 15 lithographs by 10 artists, including Ignacy Pinkas. They include works by Stanisław Dąbrowski, Kazimierz Dzieliński, Stanisław Janowski, Franciszek Jaźwiecki, Stanisław Kamocki, Tadeusz Korpal, Tadeusz Seweryn, Wincenty Wodzinowski and Leon Wyczółkowski. The works show portraits of soldiers, combat and life in the trenches, war cemeteries and symbolic scenes. Most are signed in pencil by the authors.
All works were created especially for the exhibition in question.
Stanislaw Jozef Juliusz Kamocki, alias "Stefan Kozlowski" (born November 18, 1875 in Warsaw, died July 10, 1944 in Zakopane) - painter and graphic artist, Young Poland landscape painter. He studied from 1891 to 1900 under the tutelage of Leon Wyczółkowski, Jacek Malczewski and Jan Stanislawski at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, and in 1901 and 1902 in Paris. During World War I, he served in the First Brigade of the Polish Legions. He lived in Krakow and Zakopane, where he had his own studio. From 1919 he headed the landscape department at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts, where he was appointed full professor in 1937. From 1942 he taught painting at the Zakopane State School of Highland Folk Art. He was regarded as one of Stanislavski's most talented students, and one of the most faithful continuators of landscape painting. Initially he created large-format paintings on canvas, in the 1920s he painted almost exclusively on cardboard. He painted outdoors, capturing views of Volhynia, Podolia, the vicinity of Krakow and the Tatra Mountains, sometimes depicting decorative still lifes.
Autolithography - a lithograph, created by the author - a graphic artist directly on the lithographic stone.