Jan DOBKOWSKI, From the series "UNIVERSUM LXXX", 1997

watercolor, navy blue paper, 48 x 63 cm, signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'Jan Dobkowski/watercolor from the series "UNIVERSUM LXXX"/1997/48 x 63 cm'. estimate 6,000-8,000

Born in Lomza. Graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 1962 in the studios of J. Studnicki and J. Cybis. In 1967, together with Jury Zielinski, he organized a Neo-Neo-Neo exhibition at the Club Medyka in Warsaw. Only four colors appeared in his paintings: red, green, blue and yellow. Double Girl, a painting painted in 1968 - is his first work of green and red, and is now part of the Guggenheim Museum's collection. In 1972, he moved to New York. In 1980 he created a series of paintings and drawings Erotikon, later Hope and Darkness and Either-or. Forbidden by censorship, his works from the martial law period are characterized by pessimism: Bad Premonition, All Souls, Funeral, to the memory of Father Jerzy Popieluszko. Recipient of a scholarship from the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York. Winner of the C.K. Norwid Memorial Prize. Winner of the J.Cybis Memorial Award. Honorary citizen of Łomża.