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Sarah Colegrave
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Medium
Pen and ink
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Signed/Inscribed/Dated
Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1940
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Dimensions
23.00cm wide
18.50cm high
(9.06 inches wide 7.28 inches high)
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Description / Expertise
Topolski was born in Warsaw, Poland and studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (1925-30). He was a prolific contributor of illustrations to books and periodicals in Poland but at the outbreak of World War II he moved to England, becoming a naturalized British subject in 1947. In Britain he became an official war artist to the Polish Forces, depicting the Blitz and the Battle of Britain, he recorded the bombed streets and scenes of wartime London life. In 1941 he travelled to Russia as a member of a Polish Diplomatic Mission and went on to serve widely overseas. Following the war he published selections of drawings and began designing for the theatre. In 1951 he made a series of large scale decorations for the Festival of Britain. Works by him are in many public collections including the British Museum, Tate Gallery, Imperial War Museum and in Poland.
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Status:
SOLD
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