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BRONKA MICHALOWSKA THE CROWD WATERCOLOR 1965

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OTTAWA, Ontario, CA

BRONKA MICHALOWSKA (POLISH/CANADIAN, 1917�2015) MIXED MEDIA WATERCOLOR AND INK ON PAPER, DATED LOWER RIGHT, NO VISIBLE SIGNATURE AN EXPRESSIVE, MID-CENTURY MODERNIST FIGURATIVE STUDY , DEPICTING A DENSE CROWD OF STYLIZED HUMAN FIGURES. THE COMPOSITION EMPOYS GHOSTLY CURSIVE CONTOUR INK DRAWING OVERLAID WITH MULTICOLOR WATERCOLOR WASHES 13.5 X 22 IN 20.875 X 29.125 IN FRAMED BRONKA…

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OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

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BRONKA MICHALOWSKA (POLISH/CANADIAN, 1917�2015)
MIXED MEDIA WATERCOLOR AND INK ON PAPER, DATED LOWER RIGHT, NO VISIBLE SIGNATURE
AN EXPRESSIVE, MID-CENTURY MODERNIST FIGURATIVE STUDY , DEPICTING A DENSE CROWD OF STYLIZED HUMAN FIGURES. THE COMPOSITION EMPOYS GHOSTLY CURSIVE CONTOUR INK DRAWING OVERLAID WITH MULTICOLOR WATERCOLOR WASHES
13.5 X 22 IN
20.875 X 29.125 IN FRAMED
BRONKA MICHALOWSKA WAS A POLISH-BORN CANADIAN ARTIST AND ART HISTORIAN WHO BEGAN HER FINE-ARTS EDUCATION AT THE STEFAN BATORY UNIVERSITY IN WILNO BEFORE ESCAPING WORLD WAR II TO STUDY IN PARIS, GLASGOW, AND LONDON. SETTLING IN TORONTO IN 1955, SHE BECAME A PROMINENT EDUCATOR AND AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SPECIALIST IN PAINTING AND ENAMELING ARCHITECTURAL CERAMIC SURFACES. HER CELEBRATED ARTWORK AND LARGE-SCALE CERAMIC MURALS HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN MAJOR GLOBAL EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING EXPO ’67, AND ARE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN PUBLIC AND CORPORATE SPACES ACROSS CANADA.