wool; 69 x 125 (without tassels); with tassels 69 x 140 cm
Stefan Galkowski (1912-1984) - studied painting at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Mieczyslaw Kotarbinski, graduating in 1934. Winner of a stipend from the National Culture Fund, member of the Professional Bloc of Polish Artists. In 1946 , he took over artistic management at the textile mills of the "Wanda" Cooperative in Krakow (the presented kilim most likely comes from these mills - according to the tag of an identical kilim). Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts (1956 - title of associate professor), and since 1965 - Head of the Department of Tapestry.
His works are in Buckingham Palace, the United Nations headquarters, the royal collections of Sweden and Belgium, among others.
