Jerzy Duda-Gracz Author: Jakub Dobisiak

I'll bet if you aren't Polish you've never heard of Jerzy Duda-Gracz. He's the most popular post-war painter in his homeland.

Jerzy Duda-Gracz (20 March 1941 in Częstochowa – 5 November 2004 in Łagów) was a Polish painter.

He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in 1968. His work was exhibited in over 187 national and international exhibitions and can be seen at the Polish National Museum in Warsaw, in the museum of the Jagellonian University in Kraków, in the Collegium Maius, the Museum of Earth at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, the Municipal Museum in Ghent, the BAWAG Foundation in Vienna, the Vatican Collection and in galleries and collections in many other countries such as the Louvre in France.

His works:

Old walls – Stare mury

High Altar - Duży Ołtarz

Portrait of the old woman - Portret staruszki

Tailor - Krawiec

Painting 1668 - Polish Motif (motyw polski) - Sometimes his anti-patriotic streak can get quite vicious - this one mocks the standard "King on Horseback".

PAINTING 1043 - OBRAZ 1043

POLAND DRIVING SCHOOL - POLSKA SZKOŁA JAZDY

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