Dawid Schab, Picnic on the beach in Sopot, 2023

oil on canvas, 100,00 x 80,00 cm

Born in 1973 in Rybnik, Poland. Currently lives and works in Bristol, UK. Studied Law, graduated in Political Science from the University of Silesia in Katowice and post-graduated in Painting in the studio of Professor Włodzimierz Karankiewicz at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. He has been involved in easel painting since 1999, but drawing has accompanied him from an early age. For two years he attended drawing and painting classes at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. His works are characterized by rich and bold colors, strong contrasts and play of light and shadow, which is a clear reference to the trend of colorism and expressionism. He is strongly influenced by painters such as Matisse, Gauguin, van Gogh or Jan Szancenbach, Józef Czapski and David Hockney. The subjects of his works are mainly still lifes, landscapes and portraits. He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Poland and the UK and Italy. Participant in the British TV show 9th "Landscape Artist of the Year" on SKY ARTS station. His works are in private collections in Europe, the United States, South Africa and Asia. He is a frequent charity contributor, donating his works to collections for sick children. He has been mentioned in publications such as: "Artist and Art" (No. 31), "Polish Week (UK)", "Gennaio Toscana Nuova" (Italy), "Vogue" (UK edition). He has made media appearances on TVP and on Radio Wnet and Radio Bristol (UK).