oil, canvas, 62x60 cm signed l. d.: G. Romanchenko
dimensions of the painting in the frame: 74 x 72 cm, state of preservation: small losses in the gypsum of the frame on the right side, dirt and stains on the reverse side
Grzegorz Romanczenko (1940-2025) - Polish painter, longtime art teacher at the Maria Skłodowska Curie Secondary School in Gorzow Wielkopolski.
Born on November 6, 1940 in Nowojelnia near Novogrudok (Poland, now Belarus). Born on the territory of today's Belarus, as an infant he was deported with his family to Siberia, from where after 6 years they ended up in Poland (initially Poznań, later Gorzów Wlkp.).
Graduate of the High School of Fine Arts in Szczecin (1961) and the State School of Fine Arts in Poznań (1989). Student of the Jan Korcz School of Painting. A member of the Teachers' Art Group Wena, he exhibited in Hamburg, Katowice, Poznan, Szczecin and Gorzow Wielkopolski ([a couple of times), among others. He died on September 25, 2025 in Gorzow Wielkopolski.
In his work he often referred to characteristic places of Gorzow Wielkopolski. He also created portraits (exhibition "Portraits" in 2011 in the Provincial and Municipal Public Library in Gorzow Wielkopolski).
