1919
Anna Cyronek-Kalinowska was born on 14th July 1919 in Częstochowa as the daughter of Michał Kozłowski and Amelia Kozłowska née Lang
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1939
She finished the Industry and Trade School of the Sisters of Resurrection in Częstochowa.
1939-1941
First years of the war and occupation Anna spent with her parents and sisters in Częstochowa.
1942
Anna married Władysław Cyronek, a pharmacist by profession, in Druskienniki (now Lithuania). She has got two children from this marriage: daughter Grażyna (born in 1944) and son Kazmierz (born in 1945)
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1945-1946
Cyronek came back together with her husband and children to Chęstochowa and next moved with the family to Braniewo (West Pomerania)
1949
She came to Poznań and took up paid work at the “Kulczyński-Szatkowski” Furniture Company
1950-1955
She studied at State College of Fine Art in Poznań, Faculty of Interior Architecture. Her tutors at that time were e.g. Eustachy Wasilkowski (painting) and Marian Szmańda (drawing).
1955
Cyronek graduated with distinction from State College of Fine Art in Poznań.
1956
The beginning of the acquaintance with Tadeusz Kalinowski – a well-known painter from Poznań connected with the abstraction movement, a co-founder of the avant-garde art group “4F+R”. Soon he became her life partner. Cyronek has got son Adam (born 1959) from this relationship. She was admitted to the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP).
1959
Cyronek presented her paintings together with T. Kalinowski at Działyński Palace in Poznań. Individual exhibitions at Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions (BWA) in Koszalin and The Intellectuals Club in Wałcz.
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1960
The individual painting exhibition at ZPAP Club (Wolności Square), Poznań.
1962
She took part in the Contemporary Polish Painting Festival in Szczecin
1965
She participated in the Regional Youth Exhibition, the Arsenal City Art Gallery, Poznań.
1967
A painting exhibition together with Tadeusz Kalinowski at the ZPAP Club (Wolności Square), Poznań.
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1969
She took part in the Nationwide Exhibition of Painting, BWA Biesko-Biała and in the exhibition “Poznań Fine Arts on 25th anniversary of PRL (Polish People’s Republic)”, the National Museum in Poznań.
1969-1970
An individual painting exhibition at the Arsenal City Art Gallery, Poznań.
1970
An individual painting exhibition at the “A” Art Gallery in Gniezno.
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1972
Anna took part in the following exhibitions: – “20 from Poznań” BWA Cracow – the Exhibition of Poznań Fine Arts, Brno – individual exhibitions in Leszno (BWA Art Gallery) and in Kalisz (Culture Club Art Gallery)
1974
She presented pictures at the exhibition “Abstraction in Poznań Artistic Circles”, the Arsenal City Art Gallery, Poznań.
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1975

She participated in exhibitions:
– “Painting – A Panorama of 30 years of Polish People’s Republic”, Zachęta Central Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions (CBWA “Zachęta”), Warsaw
– “Poznań Painting – the latest tendencies”, the Regional Museum, Gorzów Wlkp.
– “Works of Contemporary Polish female artists”, the National Museum, Poznań
– The Nationwide Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, the National Museum, Poznań
– Presentation of paintings from the series “Constellations” and “Structures” at BWA Art Gallery in Zielona Góra (together with Tadeusz Kalinowski) and at the Art Gallery of “Na Skarpie” Community Culture Centre (ODK) in Poznań

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1979
An individual exhibition at the Arsenal City Art Gallery in Poznań where she displayed her latest broadsheet style paintings.
1980
Participation in the exhibition “35th anniversary of ZPAP”, BWA Poznań
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1981
As a part of culture exchange between Poznań and Hannover she presented her works at the exhibition “Painters from Poznań” at KUBUS Art Gallery, Hannover
1982
She took part in the Contemporary Painting Festival at the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle in Szczecin
1984
An individual exhibition at the BWA Art Gallery in Konin
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1986
Participation in the exhibition “Artists of Poznań”, the National Museum, Poznań, the Arsenal City Art Gallery, Poznań.
1991
She displayed her paintings at the exhibition “ZPAP – Endurance and Presence”, the Arsenal City Art Gallery, Poznań.
1992
An individual exhibition at the Arsenal City Art Gallery, Poznań. – An individual exhibition at the Contemporary Art Salon in Bydgoszcz.
1986-1993
She took part in nationwide open-air painting workshops in Obrzycko.
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1993
– An individual exhibition at Grażyna Kulczyk Art Gallery , Poznań. – Participation in the nationwide exhibition “Art Vector”, the BWA Art Gallery , Poznań.
1997
Death of her husband, Tadeusz Kalinowski. She took part in the First Poznań Art Festival, Zamek Culture Centre, Poznań
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1999
She presented paintings at the exhibitions: – “Salon ’99” , Zamek Culture Centre, Poznań – “ABC Art Gallery – Remembrance and Continuation”, The Museum of the Origins of the Polish State, Gniezno – Exhibition at the Arsenal City Art Gallery in Poznań
2008
The artist died in 2008 in Poznań.
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photos:

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19-year-old Anna

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With the husband, Władysław Cyronek, Druskienniki, 1942

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In the studio, 1958

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At the exhibition of T. Kalinowski at the BWA Art Gallery in Poznań, together with, among others, A. Turowski, A. Kostołowski, W. Twarowski, 1968

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In the vernissage of the individual exhibition at the “A” Art Gallery in Gniezno, 1970

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In the spa in Żegiestowo, 1973

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By her paintings at The Regional Exhibition at the BWA Art Gallery in Poznań in company of Tadeusz Kalinowski and Wojciech Makowiecki, 1974

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Together with her daughter Grażyna at the BWA Art Gallery in Poznań, 1974

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1987

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At the individual exhibition at the BWA Art Gallery in Poznań with her husband, and Jolanta Kurzawska and Adrzej Kurzawski, 1992

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Wienna, 1999

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At the exhibition “ABC Art Gallery – Remembrance and Continuation”, The Museum of the Origins of the Polish State in Gniezno, 1999

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