Dimensions: 148 x 148 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse, on the stretcher: 'OBRAZ 1448/PORTRET ALI - 2 / OLEJ, PŁÓTNO 150 x 150 MAL: DUDA GRACZ 1991 22-23 APRIL' and dedication 'KOCHANE ALI W DNIIENIN (MY) Jurek'.
Source
gift from the artist
private collection, Germany
Biography
He received his diploma from the Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice, Poland, in 1969. In 1984, his works were exhibited at the Venice Art Biennale. In his work he often used pastiche, grotesque, caricature of human figures. He created genre scenes, based on the tradition of painterly surrealism and expressionism. His paintings are in the collections of leading National Museums (Krakow, Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan) and also in the Art Museum in Lodz.