Dimensions: 98 x 147 cm
signed, dated and described at the bottom: 'Cycle: W-WA PL. THEATRICAL NO: 50 XI | 749 | E. DWURNIK | 1982'
Provenance
purchase directly from the artist
private collection, United Kingdom
Exhibited
Exhibition of paintings by Edward Dwurnik, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Plock, 1982.
Edward Dwurnik. Painting, BWA Art Gallery, Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, Szczecin, 1982.
Edward Dwurnik. Kuvia Puolasta, Alvar-Aalto Museo, Jyvaskylan Talvi, 1983.
Painting. Edward Dwurnik, Nowa Brama Gallery, Slupsk, July-August 1985.
Edward Dwurnik, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Rzeszow, 1985.
Edward Dwurnik, BWA Gallery of Contemporary Art, December 1985-January 1986
Literature
Dwurnik. Inventory of Paintings, 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), item 50.
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 19th Art Biennale in Sao Paulo in 1987.
