Danuta LESZCZYŃSKA-KLUZA, SZTANDAR

Oil, canvas, 140 x 104 cm, signed p.d.: D. LESZCZYŃSKA-KLUZA - 1980, on the back on the loom l.g.: "SZTANDAR" IX, X 1980 [sunflower], p.g. DANUTA LESZCZYŃSKA KLUZA / KRAKÓW, l. midd: "L'ETENDAR" (partially obscured by sticker), p.m.: POLOGNE; exhibition stickers from the 1984 Venice Biennale. from the collection of Jerzy Madeyski. Exhibited and reproduced in the catalog of the exhibition at the National Museum in Cracow Danuta Leszczyńska-Kluza painting and graphics, April-May 2005, Cracow 2005, pp. 50, 154 (erroneously dated 1984, the correct date can be seen on the signature on the reproduction).

Painter, illustrator and graphic artist. Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, graduated in the studio of Z. Pronaszko. She was a prominent figure in the Krakow visual arts community. Participating in many exhibitions at home and abroad, she received several significant awards, including a silver medal and a diploma as a member of the Tomasso Campanella Academy in Rome. Danuta Leszczynska-Kluza's oeuvre includes series of paintings "Hermitage" (1959-61), "Gardens" (1963-70), "Events" (1971), "Universe" (1975-83), series of etchings, a portfolio of gouaches "biography", prints with silk, prints with photography and others. The artist's works are currently in the collections of more than 30 museums around the world, including Stockholm, New York, Washington, Tel-Aviv, Tokyo and Edinburgh. Describing her work, critics emphasize her predilection for experimentation and the search for innovative forms of expression, the combination of heterogeneous plastic signs and the use of multiple art disciplines.