Untitled
Knapp
c. 1850
Medium
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
Plate: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 5/16 × 2 13/16 in.); Case: 9.3 × 8 × 1.3 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 9/16 in.)
Classification
daguerreotype
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61013
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Knapp
**Stefan Knapp (1921–1996)** was a Polish painter and sculptor who spent much of his career in Britain, renowned for his monumental public murals and innovative enamel-on-steel technique that he patented for architectural applications. Born in Biłgoraj, Poland, on 11 July 1921, Knapp began studies at the Lwów Polytechnic before World War II interrupted his life. Arrested by Soviet forces, he endur...