Andrzej Umiastowski (b. 1956), Untitled, 1998

oil, canvas, 73 x 65 cm, signed l.d.: 'A. UMIASTOWSKI '98'

He defended his diploma in J. Zablocki's painting studio at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdansk in 1984. In his work, a large role is played by light, landscape painted under the influence of the actual feeling of nature, and above all the human figure - grotesque, shown in a symbolic way. He participated in exhibitions: "33 Salon - Young Painting, Young Expression" in Paris (1982), National Exhibition of Young Painting "The Way and the Truth" in Wroclaw (1985), "Polish Pieta" in Cracow, Warsaw and other Polish cities (1986-1987), "Seaside Meetings of Youth" in Sopot (1988). He has had numerous solo exhibitions in Poland, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Great Britain and the USA.