1950s Adam Styka Print in Donald Art Company Western Motif Etched Frame

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Offered is a 1950s reproduction Western Art Print, "Two Friends", by Polish artist Adam Styka (1890 – 1959). The print … Read more Offered is a 1950s reproduction Western Art Print, "Two Friends", by Polish artist Adam Styka (1890 – 1959). The print is of a cowboy who has stopped to get a drink of water with his palomino horse. We confess that we purchased this piece because we are OBSESSED with the original Western motif etched frame, featuring carved images of cactus, cowboy boots, cowboy hat, cowboy wrangling, Western signage, etc. This frame was sold exclusively through the Donald Art Company, which also held the licensing for Styka reproduction prints. Styka was mostly known for his Western American themed paintings and his Orientalist scenes of Middle East desert life.

Frame measures 19.5" wide, 15.75" tall, .625" deep, 1.125" thick, protective glass included
Exposed print 17.25" wide, 13.5" tall


Artist: Adam Styka (1890 – 1959) was born in Poland in 1890. He completed
his formal education at the French Academy of Fine Arts, Academie de Beau Arts, and painted closely under the tutelage of his father, Jan Styka. Each year Adam exhibited his paintings in the Paris' most prestigious galleries such as Salon de Paris, Champs Des Elysses and others in Europe and countries of both Americas, where he constantly was awarded highest accolades.Adam Styka passed away on 23rd of September 1959. His exquisite ability of captivating and conveying to his paintings faithfully the vibrating strong colors full of contrast of the hot Sahara Desert of Northern Africa, colors harmoniously blended together, made him a master without compare and earned him the appellation, "The Master of Sunlight". Adam's Western paintings of the American Wild West were regarded by art critics such as Dick Owens, as the best Western paintings ever painted by any artist. See less