signed p. d.: Janina Żemojtel 1974
on the reverse on the bottom strip of the loom Italian customs stamp
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Janina Zemojtel (Vilnius 1931- Wroclaw 2004) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw in 1956. Initially she painted nudes and still lifes, referring to the aesthetics of Post-Impressionism and Cubism. She was also interested in experiments from the borderline of matter and gesture painting. Such explorations are exemplified in the series Jingles and Cranes (1960-61), in which she combined lasering with an emphasis on texture, using thick layers of paint and elements of collage, among other things. The Instincts series, created around 1965, demonstrates the painter's departure from clear figural and subject form. She began with a study of the human figure moving to an almost abstract composition with exposed patches of pure color. The monumentalism of the figures she portrayed and her ability to freely direct a wide stream of color make these works count among the more interesting achievements of Polish new figuration. based on Dictionary of Polish Painters, Volume 2, Arkady, Warsaw 2001, p. 420, M.K.Ł.
