Józef Klukowski “The woman with a shawl”
Description
Watercolor on paper, signed lower right “K.”.
Framed: 57,5x48 cm 39,5x30 cm
Józef Klukowski (1894 – 1945) was a Polish sculptor and painter. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Wieńczenie zawodnika" ("Sport Sculpture"). Four years later he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Piłkarze" ("Football"). He took part in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 and was killed on a transport from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp while being moved to Bergen-Belsen.