Dimensions: 75.5 x 101.5 cm
signed p.d.: 'E.D.'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: '1994 | E. DWURNIK | NO: 2086'
Literature
Dwurnik. Inventory of Painting Works, edited by P. 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 XX. Blue 1992-1997 (seascapes), item 122, no. 2086, 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 his 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 Travels," namely "Blue Cities," "Diagonal," "Blue" and "Enumeration." He received the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award in 1981, the Solidarity Cultural Award in 1983, and the Coutts and Co International Private Banking Award 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.