Boleslaw MARKOWSKI, Gobelin "Cottages," 1986

Handwoven, wool, 75 x 154 cm, signed: M.B., Cepelia, "Wanda" Cooperative.

In 1963-1968 he attended the State High School of Fine Arts in Jaroslaw. He continued his artistic studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow from 1968-1974, and in 1974 received a diploma from the Faculty of Painting in the Department of Artistic Tapestry under Prof. Stanislaw Galkowski. From 1976-1980, art manager at the Wanda Handicrafts Work Cooperative in Cracow. He participated in individual and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, among others. In: the club under the Jaszczurami - Best Textile of the year 1976, Krakow Cultural Spring of KDK, Graduates of BWA, Folk Art Fair of BWA, Cultural Spring of KDK, Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, Japan-Tokyo-Tkanina Poland, Austria-Vienna International Art Fair, Germany-Leipsk Days of Krakow, Italy-Milano "Marco Contini", Spain-Madrid - realization of tapestry Polish emblem. The artist currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.