1950s Polish Illustrations

I was looking at past illustration for fairy tale books and came across these Polish drawings from the 1950's. Both of them are gorgeous pieces and really like the drawing style especially the use ink to create really simple shapes like the dog or the fisherman. I like the colour shames as well with inly a few colors used effectively. Maybe a limited colour palette is something I will have to consider.

I also like the positioning of the images with thought given to space how the images looks when actually on the page. I definitely want to do my own in this style that has influenced me a lot. Even though its old it has more in common with the way I work than most modern pieces I have seen.