Zenon Kononowicz (1903, Honczary – 1971, Kazimierz Dolny), Sunflowers

Biography
Painter, printmaker, and educator. He was a member of the Polish Artists’ Society “Sztuka” and the groups “Pryzmat” and “Zwornik.” He studied in Ryazan from 1918 to 1923, as well as at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under the guidance of F. S. Kowarski and J. Pankiewicz (1923–29). He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1929 to 1933. He participated in exhibitions organized by “Pryzmat” and “Zwornik” both in Poland and abroad, and after World War II, in all major national and Lublin region exhibitions. He served as an assistant to F. S. Kowarski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, and also taught at the school of drawing and painting in Lublin and at the high school of fine arts in Nałęczów. He painted primarily landscapes and still lifes featuring flowers.