Lot 574: ADVERTISING POSTER WANDA NORWID WALDEMAR SWIERZY

Polish Advertising Original Vintage Poster – Wanda – C. Norwid by Waldemar Swierzy. Wanda was a heroine of the 1840 narrative poem Wanda by the Polish poet C.K. Norwid Cyprian Kamil Norwid, a.k.a. Cyprian Konstanty Norwid (1821 - 1883), was a nationally esteemed Polish poet, dramatist, painter, and sculptor. He was born in the Masovian village of Laskowo-Głuchy near Warsaw. One of his maternal ancestors was the Polish King John III Sobieski. Norwid is regarded as one of the second generation of romantics. He wrote many well-known poems including Fortepian Szopena ("Chopin's Piano"), Moja piosnka [II] ("My Song [II]") and Bema pamięci żałobny-rapsod (A Funeral Rhapsody in Memory of General Bem). Norwid led a tragic and often poverty-stricken life (once he had to live in a cemetery crypt). He experienced increasing health problems, unrequited love, harsh critical reviews, and increasing social isolation. He lived abroad most of his life, especially in London and, in Paris where he died. Country: Poland. Year: 1970s. Artist: Waldemar Swierzy.. Size (cm): 97.5x67 Good condition, minor tears and creases in bottom and right margins.