Maria Zofia Janina Spanish-Neumann (1917-1980), Siblings, 1957

woodcut, paper 28 x 16 cm in light passe-partout - 39 x 28 cm


Maria Zofia Janina Hiszpańska-Neumann (born October 28, 1917 in Warsaw, died January 12, 1980 there) - Polish artist working in graphics and painting, as well as book illustrator; member of the Union of Polish Artists.

During the German occupation, she was active in the Union of Armed Struggle. On June 19, 1941, she was arrested with the family of Professor Jozef Jan Siemieński and imprisoned in Radom, then in Pinczow. On April 10, 1942, she was deported to the Ravensbrück camp, where she was given the number 10219. While in the camp, she made many drawings. She worked as a forced laborer at the Neubrandenburg armaments plant, and in April 1945 she escaped during the evacuation and lived to see liberation in the forest.In the summer of 1945 she returned to Warsaw. She mainly engaged in book graphics. She created many woodcuts, mainly in the easel technique. She worked with the publishing house "Wiedza", then "Książka i Wiedza". In the 1950s she collaborated with "Tygodnik Powszechny".