Krzysztof Ludwin

Krzysztof Ludwin (Kristof Ludwin) (b. 1962 in Kraków) – Polish painter, watercolourist, architect and academic lecturer (Dr Eng. Arch., Prof. at Kraków University of Technology); From 1981 to 1987 he studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of Kraków University of Technology, and then, from 1987 to 1988, at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Faculty of Industrial Design. From 1995 to 2006 he was a research and teaching assistant at Kraków University of Technology, in the Department of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. For a year (2004–2005) he also taught freehand drawing in the Faculty of Industrial Design of the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. In 2006 Krzysztof Ludwin obtained his doctorate, defending his thesis entitled Architectural Sketches in Watercolour Techniques. History and the Present. From 2006 to 2017 he taught architectural design at the Institute of Architectural Design in the Faculty of Architecture of Kraków University of Technology. From 2018 to 2022 he taught in the Department of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, holding the post of University Professor. In 2002 the artist published the album “Kraków in Watercolours” in the series “The World in Watercolour”. His textbook “Learning to Paint in Watercolour”, from the “Park edukacja” series, was published by PWN (Wydawnictwo Szkolne PWN, Warsaw – Bielsko-Biała 2011). In 2012 Krzysztof Ludwin received the Rector’s Award (individual, second degree, for teaching achievements) for this publication. He works in easel painting, mainly watercolour. Painting on canvas with acrylic and oil paints, he achieves effects similar to watercolour painting. He has developed his own style, which he calls “nervous expressionism”. Elements of architecture are almost never absent from his paintings. Krzysztof Ludwin is Vice-President of the Association of Polish Watercolourists. He is a member of the Union of Polish Artists and Designers and of the Association of Polish Architects.