STEAM TRAWLER "PLUTONIUM", 1952
Gouache, paper pasted on cardboard; 17.8 x 23.3 c,
Signed p.d.: Werka 52
Adam WERKA
1917 Dublany - 2000 Warsaw
Polish painter , marine artist, graphic artist. Called up to the Polish Army, he served in a horse artillery regiment. During the September campaign, while breaking through to Warsaw, he was taken prisoner by the Germans.
After the war ended in 1945, he first settled in Lodz. There his first works were created. After a few years, he moved to Warsaw.
He began publishing in the 1950s. At that time he also began working in the graphic editorial department of the Wiedza Powszechna publishing house, and there in time he became a permanent collaborator (illustrator) of the popular monthly magazine "Morze". He made hundreds of illustrations for magazines and books on maritime subjects.
"Pluto" was built in 1926 in Great Britain. Purchased by Dalmor in 1950.
Asking price 600
Estimate 900 - 1000
◙ droit de suite
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