Irena LIPSKA-ZWORSKA (b. 1931), Bowl

glazed ceramic; 13 x 37.5 x 33 cm
signed on the bottom with the artist’s monogram

Prof. Irena Lipska-Zworska, born in 1935, is among the most renowned and respected Polish ceramic artists. Throughout her professional career, she was affiliated with the E. Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, where she served, among other roles, as dean and head of the Department of Ceramics. She has been a full professor since 1992. She has been a member of the Association of Polish Fine Artists (ZPAP) since 1962. She is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and honors; in 2013, she received the Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Merit to Culture. In her three-dimensional sculptural compositions, she makes full use of the possibilities offered by the material—clay, fireclay, red clay, colored clay, porcelain, and stoneware—sometimes combined with other materials, such as glass. The originality of the forms is emphasized by color and glaze.
(National Museum in Wrocław)