Tadeusz Dominik, Portrait of Sophia Jordanowska

Watercolor, paper, 58.5 x 40.5 cm (clear passe-partout),
signed and dated p.d.: T. Dominik 62. | N. York,
described on the back: Portrait of Zosia Jordanowska | drawn at her home | in N. York in 1962 | T. Dominik | Łomianki 9.III.2001.
TLONGTEXT adeusz DOMINIK (1928-2014)

In 1953 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where from 1965 he led the studio of painting. Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, many times dean of the Faculty of Painting. Studied with J. Cybis, developing an interest in colorism. Until the late 1950s, he created woodcuts. In the mid-1950s he began to paint abstract paintings, similar to informel. Until the 1970s, he paints expressively and spontaneously. Later paintings have a more clear, "controlled" form. The artist's invariable inspiration was nature, its colors and richness of forms. In the following years, in parallel with painting, he practiced tapestry weaving and was also involved in ceramics. The sources of inspiration are often maps, city plans, graffiti-like fragments. He also makes video art. Since the mid-1990s Tomasz Dominik's work has been enriched by computer technology. In 1956 he represented Polish painting at the Venice Biennale. In 1973 he was awarded the Jan Cybis Prize. In 1979 he received the title of professor. Tadeusz Dominik was one of the most original artists of contemporary Polish painting and an outstanding colorist.