Dimensions: 91 x 76 cm
Signed and dated lower left: 'Dominik 62'
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Origin
private collection, New York
Biography
Painter and printmaker; he also worked with artistic textiles, ceramics, and computer graphics. From 1946 to 1951, he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and received his diploma in 1953 from the studio of Prof. Jan Cybis. In 1951, he began teaching at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and rose through all the ranks of the academic hierarchy, from assistant to full professor (1988). He served twice as dean of the Painting Department at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Among other honors, he was the recipient of the Jan Cybis Award (1973) and a Ford Foundation fellow (1962). His works are held in museum and private collections in Poland and around the world.
