Wlodzimierz DMYTRYSZYN (1905-1992), Village to City. Silesian Landscape, 1954

oil, canvas, 65 x 81 cm,
Signed l.d.: W. Dmytryszyn.
On the back two stickers, the first printed metric of the painting with text in ink: Włodzimierz Dmytryszyn / Stalinogród Dyrekcyjna 10 / Sketch "Village - City" / oil 65 x 85 (!) / 1954, the second sticker with PP stamp. DESA, Katowice ul. Wieczorka.
State of preservation: paint stains.

Painter, born in Krakow, died in Katowice. While still in high school, he took part in the Third Silesian Uprising as a volunteer. He studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Władysław Jarocki and Fryderyk Pautsch; he supplemented his studies at the Drawing Teachers Training College at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. After graduation, he took a teaching job in art education as a teacher of drawing and painting. He spent the years of occupation abroad (Palestine, South Africa). He exhibited his works in Hungary, Yugoslavia, Egypt and South Africa, among other places. His favorite motifs were landscapes, he also painted still lifes and genre scenes. He practiced oil painting, using a rich palette of colors, laid down with quick, bold brushstrokes.