Ludwik Dutkiewicz (2 February 1921 – 2008) was a Ukrainian-born Australian artist.[1] He was born in Stara Sil, Ukraine (then a part of Poland) on 2 February 1921.[1] He won the 1953 and 1954 Cornell Prize.[2][3]
Dutkiewicz was appointed as botanical illustrator to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens in 1953.[4] He illustrated numerous botanical books[5] including as a contributing illustrator to Flora of Australia.[6]
Dutkiewicz's works are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia (Green Village,[7] Classic abstract,[8] Life drawing of seated nude,[9] Time in Summer (film still),[10] and Portrait of David Dallwitz.[11]); the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Transfiguration);[12] the Newcastle Art Gallery (Recluse);[13] the State Library of South Australia (Portrait of a ballerina 'Natasha');[14] the Heide Museum of Modern Art (Landscape with Arches);[15] the National Film and Sound Archive (Reflections (short film), 1962, Director;[16] Time In Summer (feature film), 1968, Director;[17] and Transfiguration (short film), 1964, Producer.[18]); Flinders University Museum of Art (Untitled, line drawing,[19] and Untitled, oil painting.[20]); and the South Australian Society of Arts (Didgeridoo).[21]
His work has been exhibited at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (Australian Artists from Ukraine, group),[22] Flinders University Museum of Art (Ludwik Dutkiewicz: the Dangerfield collection),[23] the Royal SA Society of Arts Gallery (Untitled, 1951, group;[24] Adelaide 1952 Group, 1952, group;[25] and Untitled, 1954, solo),[26] and the Toorak Art Gallery (From Boyd to Wakelin, 1968, group).[27]
He won the Cornell Prize in 1953 (Boats after Storm),[2] and 1954 (Green Village).[3]