Mieczysław Jurgielewicz (1900–1983), Love Games

woodcut "later print," paper, 11.5 x 14.5 cm (inside the mat)

Mieczysław Jurgielewicz—painter and printmaker. He studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan Batory University in Vilnius under Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1923) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under Mieczysław Kotarbiński and Władysław Skoczylas (1924–1928). From 1931 to 1939 and from 1947 to 1952, he taught at that academy. He received a silver medal at the International Exhibition of Art and Technology in Paris (1937), as well as an honorable mention at the 3rd Festival of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1970). He was a member of the Ryt Association of Graphic Artists (1937–1939), the Union of Polish Graphic Artists, the Block of Professional Visual Artists, and the Kardasz group (1957–1963). He was an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence (since 1965).