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Wiktoria Goryńska's 1930 Woodcut Self-Portrait Draws Renewed Attention

Original: "Self-Portrait with Telephone," Wiktoria Goryńska, 1930. Woodcut artist Goryńska (1902-1945), while ethnically Polish, w

Art circles are revisiting "Self-Portrait with Telephone," a 1930 woodcut by Wiktoria Goryńska, the Polish graphic artist who studied in Vienna, London and Berlin before making her name in interwar Warsaw. Goryńska, considered one of Poland's leading woodcut artists of the era, died in 1945. Posts are highlighting her cosmopolitan life story and striking modernist image.

Why now: A striking work by a lesser-known interwar artist is being shared, sparking interest in her life and legacy.

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• "Self-Portrait with Telephone," Wiktoria Goryńska, 1930. Woodcut artist Goryńska (1902-1945), while ethnically Polish, was born in Vienna, spent her childhood in the UK, and was educated in Berlin before establishing herself in Warsaw. She was a star of the short-lived Warsaw… · Vagrarian@vivaldi.net · 4

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