Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm; framed: 56.5 x 46.5 cm. On the back of the artist's sticker "Witold Palka | artist painter".
Witold Palka was born in Katowice, Poland. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of E. Eibisch, J. Fedkowicz and W. Taranczewski. He received his diploma in 1953. He participated in the Exhibition of Young Visual Arts at the Arsenal in 1955. He was a member of the "Arkat" association in Katowice. In 1997, he was awarded first place for his painting "Theater" in the National Competition for Paintings under the auspices of the United Nations. Works in the collections of the National Museum in Wroclaw, the Silesian Museum in Katowice, the Art Gallery "Zachęta" in Warsaw and private collections in Germany, England, Sweden, Holland, USA, France.
