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Konopinski Family

Oil on canvas 20x16 in. 2006. NFS/private collection Krystyna Wedrowska, Florida. Signed lower left corner:" K.Wedr" Tube colours Winsor& Newton, Grumbacher. Drawing black oil chalk. Technics wet over dry, wet in wet. Portrait of my grandparents painted off a photograph 1935 / Place: nearby Aleksandrow Kujawski, Poland,4 years before World War II/.The two girls are shown in the painting's foreground, with Aleksandra /my mother/ at left /3 years old at this time/, Danuta at the right. To the left Regina /stands/, then my grandmother Pelagia and her youngest son Zenon. In the center is 5 years old Jadwiga. My grandfather Bronislaw and grandparent's eldest daugther Emilia /stands/. Floral composition was made by my grandmother.

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rb chakravartty 29 Sep 2008

wonderful work

Rusty Woodward-Gladdish 16 Oct 2006

Love this one! Very charismatic painting. Full of character. Tremendously expressive of family life. Brilliant artwork!

Eddy collins 14 Aug 2006

nice work

Sylvia Jackovitch-Kallay 09 Aug 2006

This is a great painting.Alot of people can relate to this , I'm sure ,

Emily Reed 29 Jul 2006

Awesome Polish family. This is where my Kochanowski and FAbrycki roots lie!!!! Wonderfully done!