Ewald GAWLIK (1919-1993), "Andross's Cottage," 1991

oil, canvas, 47 x 63.5 cm,
signed l.d.: E. Gawlik / 1991
On the back an author's sticker with text in pen: Tit: "Andross's Cottage" in Janow / Dimension: 47 x 63.5 cm / Tech: Oil on canvas / Executed by Ewald Galik 1991.
Painting purchased directly from Ewald Gawlik.

Painter and mining carpenter. Before the war, he studied drawing with Paweł Steller and painting and drawing at Czesław Rzepiński's private school. He was a member of the circle of amateur artists at the ZDK of the "Wieczorek" mine, and since 1974 a member of the Silesian branch of ZPAP. The subjects of his works are genre scenes against the background of the Silesian landscape, still lifes, landscapes of mining settlements in Giszowiec, Nikiszowiec and Janów.