Dimensions: 51 x 65 cm (clear passe-partout)
signed, dated, described and numbered in pencil at the bottom: '"Cyclist" II Mieczysław Wejman - 1965'.
Condition
framed
Provenance
gift of the artist
private collection, Poland-France
Literature
Cf.
Exhibition of Paintings, Prints and Sculpture of the Winners of the State and Minister of Culture and Art Awards for Lifetime Achievement organized on the occasion of the Congress of Polish Culture, cat. exhib., CBWA Zachęta, Warsaw 1966.
Exhibition of contemporary Polish graphics, cat. exhibit, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Casa de Ramalde Evora, Lisbon-Porto 1981.
Laureates of the International Biennale of Graphic Arts in Cracow 1966-1980, cat. exhib., Palace of Art, Cracow 1984, cat. no. 337 (ill.).
Mieczyslaw Wejman. Exhibition of works from 1939-1987, cat. exhib., ed. by Teresa Rostkowska, CBWA Zachęta, Warsaw 1987, cat. pos., 39 (etchings, aquatints), nlb., online: https://zacheta.art.pl/public/upload/mediateka/pdf/64f9cda76c6bb.pdf [accessed 12.12.2023].
Mieczyslaw Wejman. Bicyclist, cat. exhib., ed. by D. Saul, Publishing House of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, 2006, pp. 28, 55, 86-87 (ill.)
Biography
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and Warsaw. He was involved in printmaking and painting. He was a member of the "9 Graphic Artists" group. He participated in numerous exhibitions - 25 exhibitions in various European cities. He was a rector at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow for many years. He won many awards, including: at the 4th International Graphics Biennale in Ljubljana; the Critic's Award at the exhibition "Contemporary Polish Graphics" in Essen; an award at the 1st International Graphics Biennale in Cracow; an award at the International Biennale "Sport in Art" organized in Madrid. He was a recipient of the Prize of the Minister of Culture and Art and the State Prize.
