Dimensions: 54 x 65 cm
signed and dated p.g.: 'E.D. 1979.'
signed, dated and described: 'E. DWURNIK | 1979 | NR: 22.XI.590 | cycle: W-WA. and a sticker of Benedykt Bączyk's Carpenter's Workshop on the painting loom
Condition
authenticity consulted with the Edward Dwurnik Foundation
Literature
Dwurnik. Inventory of Painterly Works, [ed.] Pola Dwurnik, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw 2001, published as a supplement to the exhibition catalog "Edward Dwurnik. Painting. An Attempt at a Retrospective," (08.09-07.10.2001), Cycle XI. Warsaw, item 22, no. 590, nlb. (error in dating and dimensions - information provided by the Edward Dwurnik Foundation)
Dorota Monkiewicz, Edward Dwurnik. Warsaw, exhibition catalog, Powszechny Bank Kredytowy SA Gallery in Warsaw, 1999, item 22, p. 23 (list of works from the series XI. Warsaw).
Biography
Studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, he earned his diploma in the studio of Prof. Eugeniusz Eibisch 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.