Maria JANOWSKA (b. 1929), Gobelin "Tyniec", "Wanda" Krakow

wool; 100 x 208 cm
sewn-in label: Polskie Artystyczne Dywany Rękodzielnicze / "Wanda" Kraków / made by M. Gałat
Artistic Handicrafts Cooperative "Wanda" in Cracow; 3rd third of the 20th century.

Maria Janowska (born in Warsaw 1929). In 1947-1951 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Department of Textiles - Prof. Eleonora Plutyńska, Mieczyslaw Szymanski), in 1953 she graduated. Creativity in the field of fabric (kilim, tapestry). From 1951-1967 designer at IWP, from 1967-1977 designer at CBWPL. Since 1953, she has worked with Cepelia.
Individual exhibitions:
1964 Kordegarda Gallery CBWA Warsaw (together with Wojciech Sadley, Zofia Butrymowicz, Danuta Eysmont-Szarras),
1975 "Konfrontacje" Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, Salon BWA Koszalin,
1975 Stara Kordegarda TPSP Warsaw.
She received numerous awards in competitions-reviews of Cepelia for artistic textiles. Gold Medal at the Munich Fair (1962), gold medal at the exhibition "Visual Artists in the Circle of Cepelia" in Warsaw (1973).