Ewald GAWLIK (1919-1993), "AS IN THE OLD YEARS IN OLD GISZOWC AT KWIATOWA STREET", 1987

oil, canvas, 65 x 90 cm,
Signed l.d.: E. Gawlik 87.
On the back of the author's sticker with text in pen: Tit: "As in the old days / in old Giszowiec / at Kwiatowa Street / Tech: oil on canvas - 65 x 90 cm / Executed by: Ewald Gawlik 1987.


Ewald GAWLIK (1919-1993)
Painter and mining carpenter. Before the war he studied drawing with Pawel Steller and painting and drawing at Czeslaw Rzepinski's private school. He was a member of the circle of amateur artists at the ZDK of the "Wieczorek" mine, and since 1974 a member of the Silesian branch of ZPAP. The subjects of his works are genre scenes against the background of the Silesian landscape, still lifes, landscapes of mining settlements in Giszowiec, Nikiszowiec and Janów.