Dimensions: 105 x 115 cm
signed, dated and inscribed below: 'Madonna on a twisted column | E.DWURNIK 85'.
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'E. DWURNIK | 1985 | NO. IX. 323. 1089 | Madonna on a | twisted column'.
Origins
Polswiss Art, 2008
private collection, Poland
Desa Unicum, 2014
private collection, Poland
Literature
Dwurnik. Inventory of Painting Works, [edited by] 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 IX "Hitchhiking Journeys" (from 1967), item 322, no. 1089, p. nlb.
Biography
Studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and earned his diploma in the studio of Prof. Eugeniusz Eibisch 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.
