‘THE INNS OF COURT – LINCOLN’S INN’ signed lithograph by Feliks Topolski

LITHOGRAPH, HAND COLOURED, PENCIL SIGNED IN THE MARGIN BY FELIKS TOPOLSKI AND NUMBERED 93/275 Size: 52cm x 67 cm (21.5inchs x 26.5inchs) A limited edition of 275. Now extremely rare worldwide Professionally framed Lincoln’s Inn building in the centre with sketches of legal figures surrounding it. Colours are dark red, pink, brown, grey, black and white Born in 1907 in Poland, Topolski settled in England in 1935 and became a British subject in 1947. In 1936 he became a regular feature contributor to "Night and Day" along with Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh and illustrated Shaw's "In Good King Charles' Days". During the Second World War Topolski was appointed an Official War Artist recording not only life on the home front but also the war in Europe and the East. Many of his works of the period are in the Imperial War Museum and were reproduced in "Illustrated London News" and "Sketch". Topolski was an individualist and his work belongs to no particular school. He developed his own very personal style - vigorous sweeping enthusiastic - which lends itself to conceptions on a grand scale. Topolski is the artist chronicler of our time. In "Topolski's Chronicle" in illustrations of many books such as George Bernard Shaw's "Geneva" and his own "Topolski's Legal London" in portraits of the world's great statesmen, writers and public figures and in vast murals for public and private buildings throughout the world he created a visual record of the world we live in and the people who have influenced it for over three decades. Exhibitions of Topolski's work have been held in galleries in every part of the world. Topolski illustrated over twenty books. He died in 1989 Bought at a reputable gallery 20+ years ago (details on request). No COA Recorded 1st class postage within a poster tube read more