Stanisław Rolicz, Portrait of Jerzy Hoppen

Stanislovas Rolicz (Stanisław Rolicz, 1913-1998)
Portrait of Jerzy Hoppen
1944, pop., woodcut, 17,5 × 14,5 (sheet 28 × 21)
Sign. AD: signature 1944

Stanislovas Roličius (1913 - 1997)- graphic artist, painter, teacher. In the 1940s, he was a painter and artist. He studied in Vilnius, at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Steponas Bator University, at the studios of L. Slendzinskis, B. He studied at the studio of L. Slendzienski, L. Jamontas and J. Hopen. He defended his diploma thesis in 1948 in Toruń, at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Nicolaus Copernicus University. Participated in the 1940 Vilnius subscription of graphic works and the Vilnius exhibition of plastics. After the war, he settled in Truimiasto. From 1950 to 1972, he worked as a lecturer and director of the Gdynia State Art Centre. Participated in many local and foreign exhibitions of graphic art, ex-libris, exhibitions of the Polish Artists' Association and commemorative exhibitions, and the Biennial of Graphic Art. He made his debut just before the war, while still a student. He worked mainly on xylographs (ex-libris) and etchings. His realistic prints are clear and comprehensible to the viewer, attracting the viewer with their purposefulness, whether it is cut wood or carved and etched metal. (Based on Vilnius Art School and its Traditions, ed. J. Malinowski, M. Woźniak; R. Janonienė. Toruń: Muzeum Okręgowe w Toruniu, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika; Vilnius: Vilniaus Dailės Akademija, 1996; p. 373).