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Stefan.Zechowski,Demon.Tempter,102.Drawings.(pictures.art.scans)
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These scans come from the polish book by Ryszard Wojcik:

"Kusiciel Demonow, opowiesc o Stefanie Zechowskim"
("Temptor of Demons, a story about Stefan Zechowski")
edited by "Towarzystwo Reklamowe Tilosz i Ska"
ISBN 83-916510-0-2

It is a very interesting book, containing more than these illustrations, and a lot of text along with drawings and stories behind them.

Stefan Zechowski was born in 1912 nearby Kielce, in Poland, and died in 1984.
He lived of illustration, but was not too lucky with his own art, so he didn't reach much acclaim.

There is not much on the web about him, but on  
http://www.muzeumkielce.net/prezentacje/zechowski/zechowski.html
I managed to find a short bio:

" Stefan Zechowski
   (19th July, 1912 - 28th October, 1984)
Draftsman, book illustrator, painter (pastellist). Born in Ksi¿¿ Wielki in Kielce region. In 1932 he graduated from the Ornamental Arts and Crafts School in Cracow. In 1912-1936 he was a member of the Polish, very traditional, artistic group "Tribe of Die-Hard Heart" and he was fascinated by its leader, "Master" Stanis¿aw Szukalski. In 1937 he executed a cycle of 37 illustrations to the novel "Motors" by Polish author E. Zegad¿owicz, the former was confiscated in 1938 and ¿echowski was accused of "anti-government rebelliousness and immorality" of the illustrations. In the 1930s he executed several drawing cycles: "Childhood Memories", "Dreams of Power", "War", "Summits", "Hymns to Nature", "Ill Earth". In 1946 he joined the Polish Workman's Party (PPR) - in the 1940s and 1950s he took up the socialist realism style of artistic expression, he executed portraits of famous leaders of the world and Polish workman's movement (Marx, Lenin, Stalin, L. Wary¿ski etc.). In the 1950s he illustrated a few novels by Polish novelists and writers (J. ¿u¿awski, E. Zegad¿owicz), he designed the post stamp series dedicated to the Polish history and culture. Thanks to the personal interests of Polish art scholar Andrzej Banach his drawings were exhibited in Brussels in 1965 and in 1966 their reproductions appeared in some anthologies of erotic art ("Les chefs-d'¿uvre de l'amour sensuel", "Les enfers" by A. Banach). In 1973/1974 he got a scholarship stay in New York from the Ko¿ciuszko Foundation. In 1981 he published his memories under the title "Daydream". After hid death his works (mostly drawings) were displayed in several art galleries and museums (Bytom, Kielce, Cracow, Miechów, Warsaw, Wroc¿aw, S¿upsk, Zabrze).

All through his life ¿echowski was unknown and underestimated, mostly on account of his introverted nature non-bothering on purpose with the modern world's affairs. He was full of hatred for the contemporary art. He mastered to perfection a draftsman's métier (charcoal, pencil, crayon), but in the 1960s and 1970s he focused on pastel representations of erotica, and his very original, rather archaic and old-fashioned style excluded him from the avant-garde orientated Polish artistic circles. He admired the symbolic art of the great European 19th century artists - like them he considered the woman as the evil Eve tempting the man to low-moral and amoral, earthly deeds having little in common with the heavenly creation of the art. On the other hand the ¿echowki's woman, so colourful, pulchritudinous, plump and seductive is the man's indispensable better half, the beautiful burden to carry. As a draftsman ¿echowski was always studious and exact, as a pastellist superficial, sketchy, monotonous, sometimes kitschy. A few museums, art galleries and private collections in Poland possess his works.
Summary Iwona Rajkowska, National Museum in Kielce"

archive Stefan.Zechowski,Demon.Tempter,102.Drawings.rar released  27 November 2005

contents (use file Stefan.Zechowski,Demon.Tempter,102.Drawings.md5 to control
file integrity):

AnhelliOplakujacySmiercEllenai_(AnhelliCryingEllenai'sDeath)_19xx.jpg
ArtystaIMuza_(ArtistAndTheMuse)_1938.jpg
ArtystaIWojna_(TheArtistAndWar)_1933.jpg
AutoPortret_(SelfPortrait)_1930.jpg
Autoportret_(SelfPortrait)_1935.jpg
Bez-Tytulu11_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu10_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu12_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu13_(NoTitle)_1946.jpg
BezTytulu14_(NoTitle)_1934.jpg
BezTytulu15_(NoTitle)_1935.jpg
BezTytulu16_(NoTitle)_1943.jpg
BezTytulu17_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu18_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu19_(NoTitle)_1938.jpg
BezTytulu20_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu21_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu2_(NoTitle)_193x.jpg
BezTytulu3_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu4_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu5_(NoTitle)_1939.jpg
BezTytulu6_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu7_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu8_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu9_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
BezTytulu_(NoTitle)_1931.jpg
BezTytulu_(NoTitle)_19xx.jpg
CiezarZycia_(LifeWeight)_1934.jpg
ClopskaDola_(Farmer'sBurden)1935.jpg
Demiurg_(Demiurg)_1933.jpg
Dialog[zCykluDwaSwiaty]_(Dialog)_1944.jpg
Dola_(...)1942.jpg
Dostojewski_(Dostojewski)_1935.jpg
DuchAnhellego_(Anhelli'sSoul)_1928.jpg
EllaBanachowa_(EllaBanachowa)_1964.jpg
Final_(TheEnd)_1937.jpg
HetmanTarnowski_(HetmanTarnowski)_1939.jpg
IlustracjaDlaZmory_(IllustrationFor...)_1953.jpg
IlustracjaDoNaSrebrnymGlobie1_(IllustrationForOnASilverGrave)_1956.jpg
IlustracjaDoNaSrebrnymGlobie2_(IllustrationForOnASilverGrave)_1956.jpg
IlustracjaDoTeczyWandyWasilewskiej_(IllustrationForRainbowByWW)_1946.jpg
Kruki_(Ravens)_1937.jpg
KsiadzStanislawSapinski_(PreacherStanislawSapinski)_1930.jpg
KuCzemuWolnym_(TowardsWhatTheFree)_1932.jpg
MlodyGeniusz_(YoungGenius)_1949.jpg
ModlitwaOjca_(Father'sPrayer)_1938.jpg
Motory1_(Motors)_1936.jpg
Motory2_(Motors)_1937.jpg
Motory3_(Motors)_1937.jpg
NaAniolPanski_(ForTheFather'sAngel)_1928.jpg
NaJawieTitleOriginal_(TitleImageNaJawie)_xxxx.jpg
NaPastwisku_(OnThePasture)_1952.jpg
Niepojete_(Unconceivable)_xxxx.jpg
NoName_(NoName)_193x.jpg
NoweZwycieza1-AdoracjaTraktorzysty_(TheNewWins)_1952.jpg
NoweZwycieza2_(TheNewWins)_1952.jpg
NoweZwycieza3_(TheNewWins)_1952.jpg
NoweZwycieza4_(NewWins)_1946.jpg
OdwiecznyMotyw_(EternalMotif)_1939.jpg
OgolnyWidokKsiazaWielkiego_(GeneralKsiazeMaleView)_1928.jpg
Olsnienie_(...)_1943.jpg
Oracz_(...)_1936.jpg
ParadaUpiorow_(FearsParade)_1936.jpg
Pastuszek_(ShepherdBoy)_1938.jpg
Pierwotni_(PrimitiveOnes)_1940.jpg
Pocalunek_(TheKiss)_1930.jpg
PogrzebChrystusa_(ChristFuneral)_1950.jpg
PortretIrenyS_(IrenaS'sPortrait)_1934.jpg
PortretWPrzyslosci_(PortraitInTheFuture)_193x.jpg
PowrotZPola_(ReturnFromTheField)_1942.jpg
PrawoZycia_(LifeRight)_1933.jpg
PrzedDalekaDroga_(BeforeALongWay)_1930.jpg
PrzedTlumem_(InFrontOfTheCrowd)_1957.jpg
PrzedZmierzchem_(BeforeSunset)_1980.jpg
PrzewodnicyDucha_(SoulLeaders)_1929.jpg
PrzewodnikDuszy_(Psychopomp)_1974.jpg
Rolnik_(Farmer)_1946-49.jpg
RyszardWojcik_(RychardWojcik)_197x.jpg
Rzeznia_(Slaughter)1938.jpg
Samotnosc_(Loneliness)_1932.jpg
Samotnosc_(Loneliness)_1938.jpg
SenMili_(Mila'sDream)_1936.jpg
SenOKsiegach1_(DreamAboutThe(Holy)Books)_1943.jpg
SenOKsiegach_(DreamAboutThe(Holy)Books)_1943.jpg
Sen_(Dream)_1934.jpg
Sen_(Dream)_1944.jpg
Slowacki_(Slowacki)_1930.jpg
SmiercNadSwiatem_(DeathUponTheWorld)_1939.jpg
Tesknota_(Swoon(Sehnsucht))_1930.jpg
UczmySiePisac_(Let'sLearnToWrite)_1952.jpg
UkrzyzowanaPlaneta_(PlanetOnACross)_1939.jpg
UmierajacyGrottger_(DyingGrottger)_1941.jpg
WariantMotorowOkladka_(VariantCoverOfMotors)_1937.jpg
WidzenieNaPobojowisku_(SeeingOverTheBattleField)_1946.jpg
Widziadlo_(Vision)_1952.jpg
WolanieNadTrumna_(CallingUponTheCoffin)_1937.jpg
ZPawichPior_(MadeOfPeacock'sFeathers)_1947.jpg
ZapomnianemuArtyscie_(ToTheForgottenArtist)_1930.jpg
Zasluchanie_(Audition)_1957.jpg
Zjawa_(Vision)_1942.jpg
ZlySen_(Nightmare)_193x.jpg
ZmarleSlonce_(DeadSun)_1930.jpg

Comments

Did I ever tell you big, huge thanx for this? THANK YOU! If you have more collections by Polish masters please share them!
For Beksinski : i love these pictures, and it is a pleasure to share/spread them!

I would be too willing to download some collections of other masters, as Beksinski, for example :).

This torrent (zechowski), actually, was seeded by me some months ago, but somehow ThePirateBay lost it :/