DUREK, Wojciech Aleksander (1888-1951) - Head of a woman ; 1922. Plaster, 35x18x20 cm, sign...

DUREK, Wojciech Aleksander (1888-1951) - Head of a woman ; 1922. Plaster , 35x18x20 cm, signed on back of base : WA. Durek 1922.
Sculptor and painter, studied at the Higher Industrial School in Cracow and at the Academia di Belle Arti in Milan, hence the influence of Symbolism and Neo-Romanticism visible in his work, between the wars he lived in Torun, where he was a member of the Artists' Fraternity, after the war he settled in Kielce, participated in exhibitions since 1920. (Cracow) ; see Słownik artystów polskich, vol. 2, p. 126.