In the 1950s and 60s he was widely regarded as a leader of the modernist movement in Adelaide. He held retrospective exhibitions at RSASA in 1961; at Lidums Gallery, Adelaide, 1974; Greenhill Galleries, 1989; Hilton International Hotel, 1991; RSASA, 1993, 2005; and BMG Art, 1996. Awards Cornell Prize (CAS of SA) 1951, 55, runner-up 1953; finalist Blake Prize for Religious Art 1956, finalist Dunlop Prize 1955; several gold and silver medals, Royal Adelaide Exhibitions 1952, 1957; shared Advertiser Prize with Erica McGilchrist, 1956; finalist Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition 1958; South Australian government grant 1976, 1993. Reputation The Vatican; Australian National Collection (now Artbank); AGSA; NGV; TMAG; Newcastle Region Art Gallery; MoMA at Heide; Hamilton Art Gallery; University of Queensland; Flinders University; State Library of South Australia; Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier art gallery. References 1918 births 1999 deaths Australian artists Polish artists 20th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Polish male writers Polish male dramatists and playwrights Polish emigrants to Australia