Dimensions: 275 x 451 cm
Signed, dated and inscribed underneath: 'E. DWURNIK | 1991 | LONG LIVE WAR'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'LARGE PAINTING NO: 40 | E. DWURNIK | SERIES NO: XIX | PT: "LONG LIVE THE WAR!" | 20'
Origins
Desa Unicum, 2020
institutional collection, Poland
Literature
Dwurnik. Inventory of Painting Works, [ed.] Pola Dwurnik, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw 2001, published as a supplement to the exhibition catalog "Edward Dwurnik. Painting. Próba retrospektywy", (08.09-07.10.2001), Cycle XIX "Hitchhiking Journeys" (1991-1993), item 20, no. 1714, p. nlb.
Biography
Studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and earned his diploma in Prof. Eugeniusz Eibisch's studio in 1970. In 1966 he created the most numerous series, which was "Hitchhiking Journeys." In the 1980s Dwurnik's painting became expressive and dramatic. In the 1990s, he created a continuation of "Hitchhiking Journeys," namely "Blue Cities," "Diagonal," "Blue" and "Enumeration." Currently, he is also involved in abstract art. He was awarded the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Prize in 1981, the Solidarity Cultural Prize in 1983 and the Coutts and Co International Private Banking Prize in Zurich. He participated in Documenta 7 in Kassel in 1982, the Nouvelle Biennale de Paris in 1985 and the XIX Art Biennale in Sao Paulo in 1987.