On the 130th anniversary of her birth, Maria features in the Young Poland (Młoda Polska) art exhibition at the William Morris Gallery in London.
An entire room is devoted to Maria’s paintings, including the Self-Portrait with Elf
and the recently discovered “cosmic” portraits of Jan Pawlikowski.
Jan Pawlikowski in a Cosmic Setting, c.1918. Private collection. By Descent from the Artist.
The centrepiece of the whole exhibition is the model of the Villa Under the Firs, the Pawlikowski family home, where she lived in the 1920s. The model is surrounded by Maria’s previously unseen drawings of family members and even the chairs they sat in and the trousers they wore.
Especially for the exhibition, we have produced the English language world premiere recording of her pioneering radio play A Portrait of Doom (1937) (Złowrogi portret).
YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT HERE:
The exhibition closed 30th January 2022