designed by Maria JANOWSKA (b. 1929), Kilim "FUKSJA", Wielkopolska Spółdzielnia Pracy Rękodzieła Artystycznego in Poznań

Wool, dimensions 112.5 x 30.5 cm (without tassels),
124.5 x 30.5 cm (with tassels);
on back label

Maria Janowska (born Warsaw 1929). Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1947 to 1951 (Department of Textiles - Prof. Eleonora Plutyńska, Mieczyslaw Szymanski), graduated in 1953. 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).