Ludwik Dutkiewicz

{{Short description|Ukrainian-born Australian artist (1921–2008)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1921|02|02}}

| birth_place = Stara Sil, Ukraine (then a part of Poland)

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| occupation = Artist

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| known_for = Winning the 1953 and 1954 Cornell Prize

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Ludwik Dutkiewicz (2 February 1921 – 2008) was an Australian artist born in Poland. He was born in Stara Sil, Ukraine (then a part of Poland) on 2 February 1921.{{cite web |url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/ludwik-dutkiewicz/ |title=Ludwik Dutkiewicz b. 2 February 1921 |website=daao.org.au |publisher=Design & Art Australia Online |access-date=22 April 2022}} He won the 1953 and 1954 Cornell Prize.

Career

Dutkiewicz was appointed as botanical illustrator to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens in 1953.{{cite journal |date=21 December 2017 |title=Botanical illustration and photography: a southern hemisphere perspective |author1=Ellen J. Hickman |author2=Colin J. Yates |author3=Stephen D. Hopper |url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/sb/fulltext/sb16059 |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |volume=30 |issue=4 |access-date=22 April 2022}} He illustrated numerous botanical books{{cite journal |year=2008 |title=Ludwik Dutkiewicz, botanical illustrator: 2 February 1921 – 30 April 2008 |author1=A. Dutkiewicz |author2=W.R. Barker |url=https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG22P109_Dudkiewicz.pdf |journal=Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens |publisher=State Hervarium of South Australia |issue=21 |pages=109, 110 |access-date=22 April 2022}} including as a contributing illustrator to Flora of Australia.{{cite book |url=https://www.awe.gov.au/sites/default/files/env/pages/b74280f2-abaf-4b38-958a-feef2bfa405f/files/flora-australia-22-rhizophorales-celastrales.pdf |title=Flora of Australia: Rhizophorales to Celastrales |volume=22 |page=vii |editor=Alexander S. George (executive) |isbn=0 644 02862 9 |year=1984 |publisher=Bureau of Flora and Fauna |access-date=22 April 2022}}

Collections

Dutkiewicz's works are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia (Green Village,{{cite web |url=https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-publications/collection/works/green-village/30271/ |title=Green Village |website=agsa.sa.gov.au |publisher=Art Gallery of South Australia |access-date=22 April 2022}} Classic abstract,{{cite web |url=https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-publications/collection/works/classic-abstract/29627/ |title=Classic abstract |website=agsa.sa.gov.au |publisher=Art Gallery of South Australia |access-date=22 April 2022}} Life drawing of seated nude,{{cite web |url=https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-publications/collection/works/life-drawing-of-seated-nude-verso-life-drawing-of-back-view-of-standing-nude/34205/ |title=Life drawing of seated nude; verso, life drawing of back view of standing nude |website=agsa.sa.gov.au |publisher=Art Gallery of South Australia |access-date=22 April 2022}} Time in Summer (film still),{{cite book |url=https://agsa-stg.s3.amazonaws.com/media/dd/files/AGSA_Annual_Report_2011_2012.299f5da.pdf |title=Annual Report of the Art Gallery of South Australia for the year 1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012: Appendix F Acquisitions - Australian Photography |issn=0728-7925 |page=56 |year=2012 |publisher=AGSA |access-date=22 April 2022}} and Portrait of David Dallwitz.{{cite web |url=https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-publications/collection/works/portrait-of-david-dallwitz/28284/ |title=Portrait of David Dallwitz |website=agsa.sa.gov.au |publisher=Art Gallery of South Australia |access-date=22 April 2022}}); the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Transfiguration);{{cite web |url=https://www.acmi.net.au/works/73984--transfiguration/ |title=Transfiguration |website=acmi.net.au |publisher=ACMI |access-date=22 April 2022}} the Newcastle Art Gallery (Recluse);{{cite web |url=https://newcastle-collections.ncc.nsw.gov.au/gallery?page=search&record=ecatalogue.8928#id=27bf |title=Recluse |website=newcastle-collections.ncc.nsw.gov.au |publisher=Newcastle Art Gallery |access-date=22 April 2022}} the State Library of South Australia (Portrait of a ballerina 'Natasha');{{cite web |url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1385/100/1B |title=Portrait of a ballerina 'Natasha' by Ludwik Dutkiewicz. [PRG 1385/100/1B] Artwork |website=slsa.sa.gov.au |publisher=State Library of South Australia |access-date=22 April 2022}} the Heide Museum of Modern Art (Landscape with Arches);{{cite web |url=https://collection.heide.com.au/objects/6175 |title=Landscape with Arches |website=collection.heide.com.au |publisher=Heide Museum of Modern Art |access-date=22 April 2022}} the

National Film and Sound Archive (Reflections (short film), 1962, Director;{{cite web |url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;page=0;query=Ludwik%20Dutkiewicz;rec=4;resCount=10 |title=Reflections |website=colsearch.nfsa.gov.au |publisher=National Film and Sound Archive |access-date=22 April 2022}} Time In Summer (feature film), 1968, Director;{{cite web |url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;page=1;query=Ludwik%20Dutkiewicz;rec=3;resCount=10 |title=Time In Summer: Original Release |website=colsearch.nfsa.gov.au |publisher=National Film and Sound Archive |access-date=22 April 2022}} and Transfiguration (short film), 1964, Producer.{{cite web |url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;page=1;query=Ludwik%20Dutkiewicz;rec=8;resCount=10 |title=Transfiguration |website=colsearch.nfsa.gov.au |publisher=National Film and Sound Archive |access-date=22 April 2022}}); Flinders University Museum of Art (Untitled, line drawing,{{cite magazine |date=August 2017 |title=Picture |page=26 |url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/documents/alumni/communications/encounter-2017.pdf |magazine=Encounter |publisher=Flinders University |access-date=22 April 2022}} and Untitled, oil painting.{{cite web |url=https://staff.flinders.edu.au/workplace-support/topic/festive-cards |title=Festive Cards 2019 |website=flinders.edu.au |publisher=Flinders University |access-date=22 April 2022}}); and the

South Australian Society of Arts (Didgeridoo).{{cite magazine |date=May 2010 |title=Picture |page=3 |url=http://www.rsasarts.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/KALORI-MAY-2010.pdf |magazine=kalori |publisher=Royal South Australian Society of Arts Inc |access-date=22 April 2022}}

Exhibitions

His work has been exhibited at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (Australian Artists from Ukraine, group),{{cite news |date=15 May 2015 |title=Chicago museum exhibits works of Australian artists from Ukraine |url=https://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/chicago-museum-exhibits-works-of-australian-artists-from-ukraine/ |newspaper=The Ukrainian Weekly |access-date=22 April 2022}} Flinders University Museum of Art (Ludwik Dutkiewicz: the Dangerfield collection),{{cite book |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31236127 |title=Ludwik Dutkiewicz: the Dangerfield collection ; an exhibition of paintings at the Flinders University Art Museum, 16th June - 7th July 1988.|year=1988 |publisher=Flinders University Art Museum |via=Trove |access-date=22 April 2022}} the Royal SA Society of Arts Gallery (Untitled, 1951, group;{{cite news |author=H. E. Fuller |date=20 February 1951 |title=Exhibition by Polish Artists |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/45689031 |newspaper=The Advertiser |via=Trove |access-date=22 April 2022}} Adelaide 1952 Group, 1952, group;{{cite news |date=1 April 1952 |title=Adelaide 1952 Group Exhibit Next Week |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129871831 |newspaper=The News |via=Trove |access-date=22 April 2022}} and Untitled, 1954, solo),{{cite news |author=Patrick Clements |date=24 April 1954 |title=Rare mastery in modern oils |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57952427 |newspaper=The Mail |via=Trove |access-date=22 April 2022}} and the Toorak Art Gallery (From Boyd to Wakelin, 1968, group).{{cite news |author=Ken Bandman |date=5 April 1968 |title=Art-wise: Mixed Company at Toorak |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/263013256 |newspaper=The Australian Jewish News |access-date=22 April 2022}}

Awards

He won the Cornell Prize in 1953 (Boats after Storm),{{cite news |date=15 July 1953 |title=Brothers Vie For Art Prize |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48272304 |newspaper=The Advertiser |via=Trove|access-date=22 April 2022}} and 1954 (Green Village).{{cite news |date=14 July 1954 |title=Refused Prizemoney |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48121676 |newspaper=The Advertiser |via=Trove|access-date=22 April 2022}}

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