Dimensions: 27.5 x 22 cm
editorial stamp on the back of the mat
text: Sławomir Grabowski, Marek Nejman
Literature
Published by Nasza Księgarnia, 1977
Biography
Polish illustrator, graphic artist, and painter; one of the representatives of the Polish School of Illustration. Her work focuses primarily on illustrations for children and young adults.
A graduate of the painting program at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1960), where she received her diploma under Prof. Eugeniusz Eibisch. Throughout her career, she designed postcards and illustrations for the Ruch Publishing Office and established a long-standing collaboration with the “Nasza Księgarnia” Publishing Institute, for which she illustrated children’s and young adult books. She also collaborated with the “Se-Ma-For” Studio of Short Films, for which she and Ludwik Kronic created the visual design for a TV series about a cat named Filemon, based on a screenplay by Marek Nejman and Stanisław Grabowski. Karwowska-Wnuczak illustrated all the books about the adventures of Filemon and Bonifacy on her own.
The artist has held numerous exhibitions, including a solo exhibition at the Broste Gallery in Copenhagen in 1969.
