Pawel Wrobel (1913-1984), Street in a Silesian Town. Szopienice, 1972

oil, canvas, 41 x 66 cm,
Signed p.d.: Wróbel P 1972
On the back printed sticker: Keller Galerie / Marianne Kühn / Roteichenweg 5 / 5 Köln 80 (Dellbrück) / Telephone (0221) 68 83 38; information from the Conservator's Office on export abroad from 1977. On the frame 2 stickers with typed text in German: Pawel Wrobel / Leben u. Treiben in der Bergwerkstadt; Strassenszene in der Kleinstadt Szopienice.

Presented painting with title "Stadt im Zeichen des Bergbaus" reproduced in: "Die Sammlung Marianne Kühn - Naive Kunst," catalog Vestisches Museum Recklinghausen, 2003, il. on pp. 224, 269.
The painting was exhibited in the exhibition; "Frömmigkeit und Nachtgesichte - Naive Kunst aus Polen im Spiegel der Moderne" at the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen in 2016, from the collection of Marianne Kühn of Cologne. A separate catalog has not been published for the exhibition.
Miner, one of the most active members of the circle of amateur artists at the ZDK of the "Wieczorek" mine. In his paintings he depicted Silesian landscapes with characteristic heaps, chimneys, mine shafts. His lively and extremely colorful genre scenes show everyday and festive days of residents of mining settlements. In addition to painting, the artist practiced sculpture, but he left few works in wood and coal.