Stanisław Konarz-Konarzewski (1914-1999), Execution in the Ghetto, 1946. Gouache on board. Signed and dated. 48X33.5 cm. Framed, 65X50 cm with frame. Good condition. Minor blemishes to edges; minor damage to signature (at lower-left corner). Stanisław Konarz-Konarzewski (1914-1999), born in Warsaw. Acquired his artistic training in Krakow, Munich and Paris. Taught painting at the Lviv Academy of Fine Arts. During World War II, he was a courier for the Armia Krajowa resistance movement. In 1947, he was arrested by the communist authorities for being a member of the resistance and spent many years in prisons across the USSR. In 1973, he managed to leave Poland and ever since lived and worked in Paris, Munich and Canada. His works explore historical, religious and biblical themes; icons he painted can be seen in a number of east European churches. He focused particularly on the history of the Polish nation, the history of Polish Jews and Polish folklore.