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The Cat
HNIZDOVSKY, Jacques
Woodcut on thin laid Japan paper. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 150. This print is scarce, as are many of Hnizdovsky's prints. Signed, ...
View full detailsJacques HNIZDOVSKY
Born in Pidlisky, a village in Galicia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now western Ukraine), Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915–1985) grew up in a Ukrainian-speaking family in a region rich in cultural identity and artistic heritage. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, but World War II uprooted his education and life. In 1949, Hnizdovsky emigrated to the United States, making his permanent home in New York City. He developed a deep affinity for the woodcut, a medium he explored with extraordinary rigor and originality. Inspired by nature as well as artistic precedents such as Albrecht Dürer, Ukiyo-e masters, and Ukrainian folk art, he transformed everyday forms into graphic meditations on pattern, design, and serenity.
His works were acquired by the Library of Congress, Harvard’s Fogg Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which purchased his famous 1968 woodcut The Cat shortly after it was printed.
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