Title: Jan Dobkowski's correspondence on postcard with his drawing, Easter holidays March 1970
Author: Jan Dobkowski
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Notes: Correspondence from Jan Dobkowski sent on a postcard to his friend Andrzej Kostolowski, a well-known critic of contemporary art, with Easter wishes without a date in March 1970. The wishes are accompanied by a very small 18x30 mm drawing by the artist without a title (2025/211)
About the author: Jan Dobkowski a.k.a. "Dobson" (born 8.06.1942 Lomza) painter, draughtsman, author of actions and spatial installations. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Warsaw in 1968, majoring in painting in the studio of Prof. Jan Cybis. In 1967-1970, together with Jerzy Zieliński (Jurry), he formed the "Neo-Neo-Neo" group. The artist in this period used only four colors in his works: red, green, yellow, blue. Since 1968 the famous series of works in red-green tones. In 1972, the artist received a Kosciuszko Foundation scholarship, then he went to New York. There he creates figures from colored Plexiglas plates. In 1978, a retrospective exhibition of J. Dobkowski's works from 1963-1978 was organized in Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery, a characteristic feature were numerous erotic themes and fluid biological-erotic forms. The 1980s saw the creation of the monochromatic series Erotikon, Hope and Darkness, Either-or, with the artist gradually introducing more and more color, and in the 1990s the series Sounds, followed by Simultaneous Images (1995-1996), Carnival in Rio (from 1997), Nocturnes (1998) and the series of watercolors Universe, begun in 1992. He has exhibited his works in more than 100 solo exhibitions around the world, works in prestigious collections. Among others, he received a gold medal and an award at the Golden Grape symposium in Zielona Gora (1970), the C. K. Norwid Award (1978) and the Jan Cybis Award for lifetime achievement (1994)
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Item in quite nice condition, slightly damaged postcard margins
