Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Wyczolkowski, Leszek |
Title |
Magnet (ed. 1/12) |
Accession # |
994.3.3 |
Object Type |
|
Date |
1993 |
Medium |
etching |
Support |
paper |
Dimensions |
H-144 W-86 cm |
Description |
Leszek Wyczolkowski was born into a family of artists in Poland. His great granduncle was Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936), a celebrated painter and graphic artist of the fin de siècle, most notably associated with the artistic movement known as Young Poland. Leszek Wyczolkowski received his first art training at an early age from his father, and initiated his formal education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, studying in the years 1975-77. After immigrating to Canada in 1978, he completed his studies at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. Biographical Information: Canada's diverse landscape has proven influential in Wyczolkowski's art. His appreciation of the vast prairies and the pristine beauty of the Canadian Rockies came from numerous art-related transcontinental driving excursions. In 2005 and 2007, he arranged self-directed residencies at The Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta, to submerge himself in nature and create new bodies of work in the medium of painting and printmaking. |