Ceramics, textured glaze, ink; 31.5 x 27.5 cm
Analogous object from the collection of the National Museum in Wocław.
Cf. Katarzyna Mrozek, Mieczyslaw Zdanowicz, Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Wroclaw 2011, p.22-23
Mieczyslaw Zdanowicz was born on October 9, 1928, in Jezierzany near the Translators' district As a result of the repatriation action, he found himself with his family in Wroclaw.
From 1948 to 1956 he studied at the State Higher School of Fine Arts under professors Emil Krcha and Eugeniusz Geppert. In 1956, he received his diploma. Already during his studies in 1953, he became an assistant to Prof. Karol Estreicher.
Throughout his adult life he was associated with the PWSSP (later renamed the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts). Here he studied, here he worked for 50 years (as assistant 1953, assistant professor 1966, associate professor 1978, associate professor 1990 and full professor since 1995). Here he created and here he died on February 7, 2003.
He was comprehensively talented. Painter, printmaker, sculptor, ceramist, publisher of bibliophilic prints, cultural animator, environmentalist. Creator of ceramic sculptures, decorative platters and small sculptural forms, among others. Member of art groups: Search for Form and Color, School / Wroclaw Group. Painter, graphic designer, sculptor, ceramist, publisher of bibliophilic prints, cultural animator, environmentalist.
Initiator of the spatial event "Tower of Joy", co-organizer of the Symposium Wroclaw '70 and the Wroclaw "Festival of Flowers". Representative of integral art, structuralist and constructivist movement.
He worked in ceramics, glass, stained glass, sculpture, medals, photography, spatial compositions.
Selected realizations:
graduation realization of the first stained glass of the university - 1955;
organization of the 1st Biennale of Small Sculptural Forms - Wroclaw 1968,
realization (together with A. Wojciechowski) Spatial Event Tower of Joy" - Wroclaw 1970;
realization of the event "Let's Try Conceptualism" - Wroclaw 1974;
Organization of the Open-Air Gallery of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Wroclaw Art-Space-Time (participation in the International Festival of Open Theater) - Wroclaw 1987.
Participation in numerous exhibitions including:
National Exhibition of Ceramics and Artistic Glass - Wroclaw 1954, 1960; National Exhibition of Textile, Ceramics and Glass - Warsaw 1964;
Tendencies and Personalities in Polish Contemporary Sculpture - Warsaw 1978;
XII Triennale Milan 1960;
AIC Ceramics Exhibition - Prague 1962;
International Exhibition of Foundry Sculpture - Madrid 1970;
II Biennale Internazionale Dantesca - Ravenna 1975;
Quadriennale of Decorative Art - Erfurt 1978; Exhibition of Educators and Students "Wroclaw-Mons," Belgium 1987.
Prizes and awards: Silver Medal of the XII Milan Triennale 1960; Gold Medal of the AIC International Ceramics Exhibition - Prague 1962; First Prize in the Medal Competition - Wroclaw 1968; Art Prize of the City of Wroclaw - 1970, Gold Medal of the II Biennale Internazionale Dantesca - Ravenna 1975; First Prize in the Sculpture Competition - Wroclaw 1975.
Awards: gold cross of merit, meritorious cultural activist.
(Sources: Katarzyna Mrozek, Mieczysław Zdanowicz, ASP Wrocław 2011, Wspomnienia Kresowe/Historia Jezierzan)
