Teresa Jakubowska, FLYING FROM SAMARKANDA, 1988

74.6 x 56.0cm - gouache, marker, paper

signed in pencil under the frame of the composition l.: "Kite from Samarkand", p.: Teresa Jakubowska 1988.

Teresa Jakubowska (born Vilnius 22 IV 1930, lives in Warsaw) studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (1948-1953). Member of ZPAP (1954-1983), "Torun Group" (1958-1969), AIAP (since 1955), International Association of Wood Engravers XYLON in Switzerland (since 1978). She was active in Torun, from 1969 in Warsaw. She received honors at the 1st and 2nd "Golden Grape" Symposium, Zielona Gora 1963 and 1965, as well as many prizes, medals and awards at reviews and in environmental and graphic design competitions. In 1963, together with Jozef Gielniak, she represented Poland at the Paris Biennale of Young Art. She practices printmaking in relief techniques (woodcut, linocut), preferring large format works. She takes up the subject of everyday life and events concerning collectivities, often seen in a satirical manner. Her work is represented in leading museum collections in Poland and abroad.