Maria DAWSKA (1909 - 1993), Abstraction; 1972

Own technique, paper: 61 x 44cm
Signed, dated, l.d.: Maria Dawska '72

Painter, graphic artist, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under W. Jarocki, F. Pautsch, I. Pieńkowski and W.Weiss (graduated 1933), as well as pedagogy and art history at Jan Kazimierz University in Lvov. In 1933, she was a co-founder of the group of artists "Orion" together with Stanislawow with J. Stern W. Przedwojewski . She was a member of ZPAP in Cracow. In the post-war period she became associated with Silesia, and in 1948 settled in Wroclaw. Her works can be found in Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery and the Silesian Museum in Wroclaw, among others, as well as in many private collections.