ABSTRACT:
Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz fought during WW2 as a Polish partisan and was imprisoned by both the Nazis and Soviets. He escaped across Czechoslovakia at the war's end and then helped run Hohenfels DP camp, Bavaria, Germany, where he also ran a touring theatrical troupe.
He arrived in Australia as a refugee in 1949. He made a strong impact on art in South Australia with his forceful expressionist and abstract painting in the 1950s. By the decade's end he was included in publications on Australian art and international exhibitions.
After a car accident he lost his memory and colour vision, and in the process of healing turned back to the theatre, forming the Art Studio Players, which worked with The Method 1959-62, and directed several plays for them and two for the Adelaide University Theatre Guild (1959 & 1967). He also appeared as an actor in Crawford Productions' television dramas in Melbourne. He continued to paint and held many successful exhibitions until his death in 1999.
This monograph traces his career through a Preface by Dr. John Bray, one time Chief Justice of South Australia and poet, and includes a Commemorative Essay and Notes on Works by the artist's son, Adam Dutkiewicz, a theroretical outline by Brian Claridge, an interview with the artist and a biographical chronology. There are 32 colour plates.
