Introducing…Charles Wysocki
If young Polish-American Harry Wysocki hadn’t been ill in 1950, we might not have been doing this jigsaw picture of Thicketberry Cove this week.
Harry Wysocki didn’t paint the picture: his brother Charles did. But in 1950 Charles Wysocki was all set to join the fighting in the Korean War. At the last minute, however, he was granted leave to visit Harry, and was afterwards sent to do his two years’ National Service in Germany instead — a much safer posting!
After serving in Germany, Charles Wysocki became a full-time artist. He built up a successful commercial career, but decided to concentrate on his preferred ‘Americana’ or folk-art style from the late 1960s onwards.
Charles Wysocki artwork is unmistakable and you can buy it in all sorts of forms, including prints, wall hangings and calendars, so there’s no excuse for not having some Wysocki in your house. You can even buy Charles Wysocki jigsaw puzzles — if, of course, you like that sort of thing…