Collection / ARTIST
Edward Dwurnik
1943-2018 Artist, painter and graphic artist. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1970). In 1965, under the influence of a self-taught artist Nikifor Krynicki's exhibition, he adopted a similar style of painting which he later modified and developed. Winner of Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award (1981), the Solidarity Cultural Award (1983), the Nouvelle Biennale de Paris Award (1985), the Seoul Art Olympics Award (1988) and the Contemporary Art Foundation Award (1992). His oeuvre includes over 4,500 paintings, 3,500 watercolors and about 13,000 drawings.
Works in collections i.a.: CSW Zamek Ujazdowski in Warsaw, National Museums in Gdańsk, Krakow, Poznań, Szczecin, Warsaw and Wrocław, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Silesian Museum in Katowice, Emanuel Hoffmann, Schaulager in Basel, Graphische Sammlung Albertina in Vienna, Kunsthalle zu Kiel in Cologne, Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden, Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven.
Selected exhibitions: Współczesna Gallery, Warsaw (1971); Centre of Art Promotion, Łódź (1978); documenta 7, Kassel (1982); Nouvelle Biennale de Paris (1985); São Paulo Art Biennial (1987); El Gallery, Elbląg (1988); CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, War- saw (1990); Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2001); Program Gallery, Warsaw (2003); Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow (2005); National Museum in Krakow, retrospective exhibition (2013); The State Art Gallery in Sopot (2018).
ARTISTS WORK IN CATALOGUE
oil, acrylic, canvas | 114 x 147 cm
oil, canvas | 146 x 114 cm
oil, canvas | 114,5 x 146 cm
oil, velvet | 147 x 112 cm
acrylic, oil, canvas | 146 x 114 cm
