Dimensions: 34.2 x 21.1 cm
Signed and dated p.d.: 'J. Sumiga 79'
On the reverse, inscription: '22. 9000' and information sticker: 'Jan Szumiga | painting-oil | 245/2/80 | 9270,-'.
Biography
Studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts from 1968 to 1974 at the Faculty of Graphic Design. He received his diploma with honors in 1974. He practiced painting and drawing. The artist's debut was participation in the collective exhibition "XIV Debut of the Graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts" in Warsaw 1975. He participated in shows and exhibitions of the Circle of Young Artists in Warsaw in 1976-1977. His foreign debut was participation in the Biennale "Sport in Art" in Barcelona in 1977. The first individual foreign exhibition of paintings took place at the Depolma Galerie in Dusseldorf in 1979. Jan Sumiga's works were exhibited in Warsaw (BWA 1979, Gallery "Art" 1980, Gallery "Koszykowa" 1981, Gallery "Znak" 1989), New York (Marie Pellicone Gallery 1982), Leverkusen (1889), among others. The last major solo exhibition was a show at the Gallery "Ars-Hit" in 1993. The artist's works are in many private collections at home and abroad.
