Miniature gouache, bone, signed, dated and described on the right: "by P. Auvray Jerzy Winkler 84""
Dimensions in frame: 18x15 cm (6x5 cm)
Jerzy Winkler (born 1938 in Poznań) is a Polish painter. He graduated from the Adam Mickiewicz University in 1961. He is a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers and the Association of Polish Pastelists. From 1967 to 1976 he worked as a ceramicist, and by 1984 he had made several hundred miniatures on ivory in classical technique.
Currently, he does oil painting and pastel, and also makes copies (such as the painting Death of Przemyslaw in Rogozno). He has participated in group exhibitions, including the 3rd National Pastel Biennial and the 1st International Pastel Biennial in Nowy Sącz and the 6th Autumn Art Salon in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski.
He has held individual exhibitions in Poznań (several times), Warsaw, Wolsztyn, Ciechocinek, Lund and Munich. Works in the collections of several museums in Poland, Polish diplomatic missions, in private collections in the country, in most European countries, as well as in Africa, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Korea, Japan and the USA.
