Drawings and Water-Colours by Katerina Wilczynski, October — November 1942

800.0049

Drawings and Water-Colours by Katerina Wilczynski, October — November 1942

1942 October — November

Berkeley Galleries

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exhibition catalogue

London: Berkeley Galleries

Single sheet, folded, printed in black and white on cream wove paper, with an illustration by Katerina Wilczynski on the front cover showing [check which building], Oxford, and signed within the image 'WILS / OXFORD / 1942'. Inside is a biographical note about the artist followed the catalogue listing of 50 works, divided into four sections: 1928–1938, London 1939–1940, Oxford 1942, and Arkadian [sic] Fantasia 1942. In addition to the 50 listed works, the catalogue refers to Portfolios Nos. I, II, and III.

Wilczynski, Katerina.
Berkeley Galleries.

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exhibition catalogue

Katerina Wilczynski was born in Poznan. / After studying in Paris and Berlin she travelled in Spain and France. In 1930 she was awarded the Prix de Rome and remained in Rome until 1939. She was commissioned to paint and draw those ancient buildings where destruction was required by replanning of the city. / In London throughout the "Blitz" she has painted and drawn many of London's damaged buildings and monuments; her painting of Gresham Street was purchased by the Ministry of Information and exhibited at the War Artists Exhibition (National Gallery). / From October 1941 till July 1942, she stayed at Oxford where she executed the architectural drawings and a series of well-known Oxford personalities shown in this Exhibition. / In June 1942, an Exhibition of her work was arranged by the Principal of Somerville College'.

Jane Eckett

24-March-2022