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'''Nykifor''' ([[1895]]-[[1968]]) ('''Epifaniusz Drowniak''', also known as ''Nikifor'', ''Nikifor Krynicki'') was an [[lemkos]] [[folk art|folk]] and [[Naïve art|naïve]] painter from [[Poland|Polish]] town [[Krynica]].
'''Nykifor''' ([[1895]]-[[1968]]) ('''Epifaniusz Drowniak''', also known as ''Nikifor'', ''Nikifor Krynicki'') was an [[lemkos]] [[folk art|folk]] and [[Naïve art|naïve]] painter from [[Poland|Polish]] town [[Krynica]].


Nikifor painted over ten thousand pictures - on sheets of paper, on the pages of notebooks, on cigarette cartons, and even on scraps of paper glued together.
Nikifor painted over forty thousand pictures - on sheets of paper, on the pages of notebooks, on cigarette cartons, and even on scraps of paper glued together.


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Revision as of 09:57, 10 April 2006

Nykifor (1895-1968) (Epifaniusz Drowniak, also known as Nikifor, Nikifor Krynicki) was an lemkos folk and naïve painter from Polish town Krynica.

Nikifor painted over forty thousand pictures - on sheets of paper, on the pages of notebooks, on cigarette cartons, and even on scraps of paper glued together.