Krystyna Sadowska

Krystyna Sadowska (1912–2000) was a contemporary artist from Lubin, Poland known for her metalwork statues, ceramics and tapestries. Her work can be found in the collections of the AGO, The Art Gallery of Windsor, The Government of Ontario Art Collection, and many more. were middle class. Her mother worked at a fashion boutique, while her father worked for the National Library. Due to her father's work, she would take scraps of paper refuse from her father's bookbinding and use it to draw every chance she got. As she got older, her talent grew, and she eventually applied for the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, being accepted before she even finished high school. Around this time, tragedy struck as her father was hit by a train and killed, leaving Sadowska's mother to care for three children by herself.

Brazil After arriving in Brazil, she traveled to Parana, a state in the southeast of Brazil. She would move back to Brazil after the end of the war, and it was then that she learned of the deaths of her two sisters, who perished in the Warsaw uprisings.

Notable works

Homage to the Legendary and Modern Woman, 1967, Government of Ontario Art Collection Rhythm of Exotic Plants, 1965, Finch TTC Station, Toronto Untitled (1), 1967, 191-201 Sherbourne St., Toronto Untitled (2), 1967, Cawthra Rd., Mississauga Early Morning Dream, 1972, University of Waterloo, Waterloo

Notable exhibits

Montreal Museum of Fine Art, 1953 Art Gallery of Windsor, 1977 - Her first Retrospective Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2014–2015

Awards

1937 World Exhibition of Tapestry, Paris, France - Gold Medal 1947 Brazilian Government for tapestry - Silver Medal 1949 International Textile Exhibition, Greensboro, USA - 2nd Prize 1953 lst Exhibition of Canadian Weaving, London Art Museum, Ontario - 1st Prize for tapestry and Grand Award 1958 XX Ceramics International, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, USA - Drakenfeld Prize 1961 Canadian Handicraft Exhibition, Montreal - 1st Prize for tapestry