Dimensions: 150 x 114 cm
signed, inscribed, and dated at the bottom: '870 | SERIES: ATHLETES, XII 160 CHAIN OF HOPE | E. DWURNIK | 1983'
signed, dated, and inscribed on the reverse: '1983. | E. DWURNIK. | NO.: XV-160-870'
On the reverse, an exhibition label from the Museum in Chełm
Exhibited
Edward Dwurnik, Gallery 72, Chełm, Jan. 26–Feb. 20, 1984
Bibliography
Dwurnik. List of Paintings, ed. Pola Dwurnik, Zachęta Contemporary Art Gallery, Warsaw 2001, published as a supplement to the exhibition catalog “Edward Dwurnik. Painting. An Attempt at a Retrospective,” (September 8–October 7, 2001), Series IX “Athletes,” item 160, no. 870, unnumbered
Edward Dwurnik. Athletes 1972–1992, ed. Pola Dwurnik, Warsaw 2011, item 160, pp. 292–293 (ill.), 511 (index)
Biography
He studied at the Department of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and earned his diploma in Prof. Eugeniusz Eibisch’s studio in 1970. In 1966, he created his most extensive series, “Hitchhiking Journeys.” In the 1980s, Dwurnik’s painting style became expressive and dramatic. In the 1990s, he created a continuation of “Hitchhiking Journeys,” namely “Blue Cities,” “Diagonal,” “Blue,” and “Counting Rhyme.” In 1981, he received the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award; in 1983, the Solidarity Cultural Award; 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 19th São Paulo Art Biennial in 1987.
