Dimensions: 110 x 70 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'St Puchalik | 1980'
signed and described on the reverse: 'St. PUCHALIK | "PRZED OKNEM" I | acrylic'.
Biography
In 1959 he graduated from the High School of Fine Arts in Jaroslaw. He studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, where he received his diploma in the studio of Prof. Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa in 1966. Since 1971 he was employed as a professor at his alma mater. Since 1978 he led the drawing studio. In 1982 he headed the Department of General Plastic Education at the Faculty of Sculpture, where he was vice-dean from 1984-87. In 1992 he became a professor and led the Studio of Painting and Drawing within the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, and in 1994 he was awarded the title of full professor. Participant and organizer of numerous plein-air painting workshops. Since 1980 he has collaborated with the Neue Darmstädter Sezession group. Since 2003 he has participated in the international Begegnunugen-Meetings project.