Cities and Towns by Piotr Fąfrowicz
04 Jun 2025
We cordially invite you to the opening of an extraordinary exhibition with the image of Lidzbark Warmiński and an author’s meeting CITIES AND TOWNS OF PIOTR FĄFROWICZ 12.06.2025 – Thursday – 6:00 p.m. in the Orangery of Culture.
At the exhibition, we will present about 40 works by the Artist – a painter, graphic artist, book illustrator – focused on the themes that are dear to his heart, larger and smaller urban centers, including LIDZBARK WARMIŃSKI.
Especially for our exhibition, Piotr Fąfrowicz has prepared a series of paintings showing the architecture of Lidzbark Warmiński – 16 of the most representative buildings have received their “portraits”. We will see extremely colorful paintings, with many details showing moments captured with a brush from the life of cities, towns and their inhabitants.
Piotr Fąfrowicz painted tenement houses, churches, streets, parks with feeling and reverence, placing the local community against their background. Although Fąfrowicz’s figures are often in motion, his works exude an atmosphere of peace and slow life focused on everyday life free from the hustle and bustle of the city. The viewer’s gaze also slows down – the Artist’s painting reaches deep into visions preserved in childhood memory, to places we miss, where we feel at home.
Piotr Fąfrowicz’s “town” paintings are viewed with a smile on your face and a delicate twinge of nostalgia.
We will also present an exhibition – a game FIND THE DIFFERENCES – I SEE THEM, where you will be able to see large-format boards by the Artist and try to find the differences between seemingly identical pictures presenting the monuments of Lidzbark Warmiński.
PIOTR FĄFROWICZ is a painter, illustrator and publisher valued in Poland and around the world. Winner of many awards, including: entry on the White Ravens list of the Internationale Jugendibliothek in Munich, awards in the PTWK Most Beautiful Book of the Year competition. The creator is included on the IBBY Honor List – a list of the best books for children, in the Illustrator category.
In 2024, the Artist created illustrations for “The Other Fairy Tales” by Ignacy Krasicki, illustrating the fairy tales: The Host and the Trees, The Sheep and the Shepherd, The Child and the Father, The Inkwell and the Quill and The Firework.
We cordially await all lovers of Lidzbark Warmiński and Warmia! Important information: reservations are required – oranzeria@lidzbarkw.pl. Tel. 517 262 146
The event is part of the 6th edition of the Book and Illustration Festival for Big and Small MIEDZY BAJKI WŁOŻYĆ. It is also another undertaking from the consistently continued series of presentations of outstanding Polish Artists of the 21st century and their works in Lidzbark Warmiński.