501 - Jerzy Zablocki, Birds of Prey, 2 large oil paintings, framed

Jerzy Zablocki, Birds of Prey, 2 large oil paintings, framed Jerzy Zabłocki, 1927 Łódź - 1993 Ankara, Polish artist, shown here: Bird of Prey with Spread Wings, oil on canvas, 82 x 102 cm, signed, framed, and Bird of Prey in Flight, oil on canvas, 82 x 102 cm, signed, framed About the artist: Zablocki is primarily associated with the ‘Sopot School’ (Szkoła Sopocka) of post-war Polish art. From 1948 to 1954, he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk/Sopot, under Juliusz Studnicki, amongst others. He became an influential art educator and served as rector of the State Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk from 1987 to 1990. He also taught and worked for periods in Havana and Ankara. His works are held, amongst others, at the National Museum in Warsaw, the National Museum in Gdańsk and the Museum in Bydgoszcz, as well as in private collections. Zabłocki exhibited not only in Poland but also in Paris, Prague, Stockholm, Frankfurt am Main, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Tokyo and Ankara, amongst other places. In 1980, he was awarded the Grand Prix at the 10th Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting in Szczecin.