Dimensions: 210 x 144 cm
Signed, dated p.d.: '1984. | E. DWURNIK.' and described l.d.: 'CYKL: SPORTS' and middleground: 'CZERWONY KRZYŻ'.
signed, dated, inscribed and numbered on the reverse: '984 | 1984 | E. DWURNIK | NR: XV-193-984 | CZERWONY KRZYŻ | 210x144'.
Van Abbe Museum sticker on the painter's loom
Origins
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Edward Dwurnik. Paintings, drawings and sculptures, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 16.02-29.03.1985
Literature
Dwurnik. Inventory of Paintings, edited by P. Dwurnik, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, 2001, published as a supplement to the exhibition catalog "Edward Dwurnik. Painting. Próba retrospektywy" (08.09-07.10.2001), Cycle XV. "Athletes," item 193, no. 984, nlb.
Athletes 1972-1992, edited by Pola Dwurnik, Warsaw 2011, cat. no. 193, pp. 356-357 (ill.), 511 (index)
Biography
Studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, he graduated in the studio of Prof. Eugeniusz Eibisch in 1970. In 1966, he created the most numerous series, which was "Hitchhiking Journeys." In the 1980s Dwurnik's painting became expressive and dramatic. In the 1990s, he created a continuation of "Hitchhiking Travels," namely "Blue Cities," "Diagonal," "Blue" and "Enumeration." He received the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award in 1981, the Solidarity Cultural Award in 1983, and the Coutts and Co International Private Banking Award in Zurich. He participated in Documenta 7 in Kassel in 1982, the Nouvelle Biennale de Paris in 1985 and the XIX Art Biennale in Sao Paulo in 1987.
