On 3 March 2016, Janina Kraupe-Świderska died at the age of 95. She was an outstanding painter and printmaker, co-founder of Grupa Krakowska [Krakow Group] and a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Take a look at the selection of her works from the collection of the National Museum in Krakow. Kraupe-Świderska was one of the most original Polish artists of the second half of the 20th century, though she was never a celebrity. Associated with the Krakow avant-garde, she belonged to the circles formed during the Nazi occupation in the Kunstgewerbeschule – a school for decorators founded by the Germans.

Her friends included Tadeusz Kantor, Tadeusz Brzozowski, Kazimierz Mikulski, Jerzy Nowosielski. In 1957 Kraupe became a member of Grupa Krakowska [Krakow Group]. From the beginning of her artistic path, Kraupe was associated with the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, first as a student, then as a lecturer and a professor.

Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Międzyzdroje Landscape 1960; height - 29,8 cm, width - 42,1 cm; watercolour, ink, paper, property: NMK

Janina Kraupe-Świderska

Janina Kraupe-Świderska talking to Anna Budzałek

Janina Kraupe-Świderska's palette

Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Sketch for a portrait of Mrs Dygut 1978; height - 63,3 cm, width - 49,3 cm; watercolour, pastel, paper
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Jan Hadyna 1969; height - 58,0 cm, width - 46,0 cm; watercolour, paper
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Blue Ensign 1969; height - 179 cm, width - 75 cm; oil technique; oil paint, canvas
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Composition – Nude 1970; height - 110 cm, width - 128 cm; oil technique; oil paint, canvas
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Death of Orpheus 1968; height - 70 cm, width - 50.5 cm; collage, encaustic painting
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Romantic Portrait 1970; height - 137 cm, width - 76 cm; oil technique; oil paint, canvas
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Laughter height - 75 cm, width - 60 cm; oil technique; oil paint, canvas
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Island of Birds between 1960 and 1970; height - 38.5 cm, width - 51.3 cm; dimensions 2: height - 41.5 cm, width - 53.8 cm; linocut; canvas
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Winter Garden between 1960 and 1970; height - 52 cm, width - 32.5 cm; dimensions 2: height - 54.5 cm, width - 35.3 cm; linocut; paper
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Untitled 1961; imprint: height - 39 cm, width - 50 cm; satin: height - 43,2 cm, width - 55 cm; linocut (colour); satin (cotton, black, thick), printing ink
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Liberation 1971; height - 50,0 cm, width - 65,0 cm; drawing technique; pastel, ink, wove laid paper
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, 'Giants' from teh series 'Pergamon' 1971; height - 49,8 cm, width - 64,9 cm; drawing; watercolour, paper
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Kaballistic Signature, 1973; imprint: height - 61 cm, width - 46 cm; paper: height - 6 cm, width - 50 cm; linocut (colour, print E.A. I); paper (laid, black), printing ink
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Signs of Transience 2002; height - 210 cm, width - 149 cm; oil technique; oil paint, canvas
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Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Transit 2004; height - 130 cm, width - 90 cm; oil technique; oil paint, canvas
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