Description
Oil, cardboard; 35 x 49 cm
Signed p.d.: WA. Durek 918
Wojciech Aleksander DUREK
1888 Mala - 1951 Kielce
Polish sculptor and painter. He studied art at the Higher Industrial School in Cracow, continued his studies at a vocational school in Laas, Tyrol, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, from which he graduated in 1911. He also had a sculpture apprenticeship in Graz (1915). Between the wars he lived in Torun, where he was active in the local Artists' Confraternity. He left Torun ca. 1930 r. After World War II, he settled in Kielce.
He was a creator of mainly monumental and religious sculptures.
Asking price 3500
Estimate 4500 - 5000
◙ droit de suite
Auction 203, 19.06.2021
