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Jadwiga Lambert

Jadwiga Lambert is a 98-year-old artist whose works are an expression of a deep creative need, rather than a search for surprising forms or unusual themes.

The world of her art could be described as conservative, she devotes her attention to themes traditionally perceived as beautiful, feminine, and subtle. For over thirty years she has been bent on capturing the beauty and splendour of her native region, mainly the vicinity of her home town of Zwierzyniec with its astounding natural and scenic appeal.

A long-established leading theme of her works, characteristic of her artistic endeavours, revolves around the depiction of lowers: she has been capturing roses, wild flowers, sunflowers in virtually all stages of blooming, although she has also attempted to picture some less common species. The artist paints in oil, less frequently in pastel. She devotes considerable attention to the realism of her imagery, painstakingly seeking to recreate every detail. Despite her age and the many years that have passed since her first encounter with painting, Jadwiga Lambert’s recent works are nearly in every aspect similar to her first attempts. She has been able to maintain the “level” and skill of a mature amateur and devout art enthusiast. A trait recurrent in her works is her inclination towards broad, carved, gilded frames that are a testament to her devotion to a certain style and a certain era that is now in its twilight. Characteristically, the artist’s works need to be viewed “live” as only then one is able to appreciate the subtlety of her colour patterns, the interplay of light and dark that surprises the viewer with its natural and highly sophisticated tones. She does not use impasto, although the respective layers of colour can sometimes be singled out. Jadwiga Lamber’s art invites us to take a quiet moment and marvel at her painstaking attention to detail and her ability to constantly reproach her favourite themes and find in them a limitless source of inspiration.

The artist continues to create and is still keen to share her passion with the family and friends. Many of her works can be found in private collections, both in Poland and abroad.

Agnieszka Wójtowicz

visual artist

Instructor at the Teatroterapia Lubelska Foundation

Flower Bouquet

Jadwiga Lambert’s “Flower Bouquet” is small painting intendedwto be viewed vertically. It was painted in oil and depicts a bouquet of unspecified flowers, possibly invented by the artist. The flowers are arranged in a vase. The objects are portrayed very artistically, the artist’s talent is evident, as is her affinity towards the subject of her work. Indeed, her skill at painting flowers is almost uncanny. They are colourful, mostly yellow and orange, with many green leaves. The cylindrical vase blends with the background. The general colour pattern of the painting is rather dark, the background is in various shades of brown. The relatively small painting has been placed in a broad, carved, golden frame which somewhat surprisingly seems to be well matched to the character of the painting and the artist’s particular idiom. Jadwiga Lambert’s work is signed with the initials “JL”.

Słoneczniki

Jadwiga Lambert has been a painter for 30 years, ever since retiring her day job, and has dedicated nearly all of her works to a single floral motif, only rarely deviating to landscapes. The author paints her small forms in oil. “Sunflowers” are a small painting intended to be viewed vertically. It depicts mature sunflowers. The colour pattern is muted, toned down, dark, somewhat reminiscent of the old styles of painting. The image itself is precise, the flowers are carefully arranged in a decorative, almost Art Nouveau pattern. This impression is further emphasised by the use of a richly engraved, wide, golden frame which is to emphasise the work’s significance in the eyes of the viewer. The author does not sign her works except for occasional initials placed with a thin brush in such a way that they are barely visible.