Jerzy Duda-Gracz was born in Czestochowa, Poland on March 20, 1941. Since his childhood he revealed a unique drawing and painting were for him, as he used to say, as necessary as breathing. For many years he taught at the artistic Academies in Katowice and Warsaw. As a renown artist he won numerous prizes, and his works can be found in many museums and galleries all over the world, as well as in private collections. He died on November 5, 2004, during an open air working session at Lagow.