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Nikifor Krynicki
(1895-1958)
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Nikifor Krynicki
(1895-1958)

Biography

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Epifaniusz Drowniak, or Nikifor Krynicki under his pseudonym, was born in Poland in 1895. He spent the first years of his life living in poverty with his mother. Orphaned during the First World War, he found himself isolated and marginalized in his village of Krynica. Epifaniusz began using his nickname “Nikifor” as a child, and used it at his first exhibition in Warsaw in 1949. It’s not known when Nikifor began drawing and painting, but his aim seems to have always been to become a painter. His earliest surviving works…

ARTWORKS

Nikifor KRYNICKI

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EXHIBITIONS

Selection of solo exhibitions

2021

Nikifor: A Painter Unlike Any Other, National Ethnographic Museum, Varsovie (16 novembre –  27 février 2022)

2015

The Nikifor Exhibition, Polish Museum of America, Chicago (23 octobre – 15 janvier 2016)

2013

Nikifor, National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art, Ukraine (17 mai – 30 juin)

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Selection of collective exhibitions

2023

Naive Realism, From Rousseau to Grandma Moses, Museum MORE, Gorssel (25 mars – 25 juin)

2021

Naive.? Naive Art From The Infeld Collection, Museum Gugging, Klosterneuburg (27 janvier – 19 septembre)

2015

Nikifors, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Cracovie (13 février – 12 avril)

Nikifors in Zakopane, Tatra Museum, Zakopane (30 avril – 07 juin)

Architectures, 2e biennale de l’Art Brut, Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne (13 novembre – 17 avril 2016)

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Nikifor Krynicki
(1895-1958)

Biography

Epifaniusz Drowniak, or Nikifor Krynicki under his pseudonym, was born in Poland in 1895. He spent the first years of his life living in poverty with his mother. Orphaned during the First World War, he found himself isolated and marginalized in his village of Krynica. Epifaniusz began using his nickname…

ARTWORKS

EXHIBITIONS

Solo exhibitions

2021

Nikifor: A Painter Unlike Any Other, National Ethnographic Museum, Varsovie (16 novembre –  27 février 2022)

2015

The Nikifor Exhibition, Polish Museum of America, Chicago (23 octobre – 15 janvier 2016)

2013

Nikifor, National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art, Ukraine (17 mai – 30 juin)

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collective exhibitions

2023

Naive Realism, From Rousseau to Grandma Moses, Museum MORE, Gorssel (25 mars – 25 juin)

2021

Naive.? Naive Art From The Infeld Collection, Museum Gugging, Klosterneuburg (27 janvier – 19 septembre)

2015

Nikifors, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Cracovie (13 février – 12 avril)

Nikifors in Zakopane, Tatra Museum, Zakopane (30 avril – 07 juin)

Architectures, 2e biennale de l’Art Brut, Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne (13 novembre – 17 avril 2016)

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MULTIMÉDIAS

Biography

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Epifaniusz Drowniak, or Nikifor Krynicki under his pseudonym, was born in Poland in 1895. He spent the first years of his life living in poverty with his mother. Orphaned during the First World War, he found himself isolated and marginalized in his village of Krynica. Epifaniusz began using his nickname “Nikifor” as a child, and used it at his first exhibition in Warsaw in 1949. It’s not known when Nikifor began drawing and painting, but his aim seems to have always been to become a painter. His earliest surviving works…

ARTWORKS

Nikifor KRYNICKI

...

EXHIBITIONS

Solo exhibitions

2021

Nikifor: A Painter Unlike Any Other, National Ethnographic Museum, Varsovie (16 novembre –  27 février 2022)

2015

The Nikifor Exhibition, Polish Museum of America, Chicago (23 octobre – 15 janvier 2016)

2013

Nikifor, National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art, Ukraine (17 mai – 30 juin)

+ See more
Collective exhibitions

2023

Naive Realism, From Rousseau to Grandma Moses, Museum MORE, Gorssel (25 mars – 25 juin)

2021

Naive.? Naive Art From The Infeld Collection, Museum Gugging, Klosterneuburg (27 janvier – 19 septembre)

2015

Nikifors, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Cracovie (13 février – 12 avril)

Nikifors in Zakopane, Tatra Museum, Zakopane (30 avril – 07 juin)

Architectures, 2e biennale de l’Art Brut, Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne (13 novembre – 17 avril 2016)

+ See more

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