Krystyna Eichler was born in Poland. After graduating from high school in 1939, enrolled at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Stefan Batory in Wilno (Poland). Arrested in 1941 by U.S.S.R. invaders and deported to a forced labor camp in Siberia. Liberated in 1942, travelled to Iran with the Polish Army of General Anders. From 1943 to 1948 attended the Academie Libanaise des beaux Arts (Lebanese Academy of Fine Acts) in Beirut - Lebanon, where she majored in architecture. Her combined work in both fields of art and architecture gave her a unique perspective in the relationship of these two disciplines. Travelled to South America and Europe. Since 1961 resides in the U.S.A. US citizen since 1969.
One person art exhibitions
1975 Heritage Gallery, 718 N. La Cienega Bivd., Los Angeles
1976 Walt Disney's Studio Library, Burbank, California
1978 Heritage Gallery, 718 N. to Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles
1978 Walt Disney`s Studio Library, Burbank California
1984 Polam Fed. Credit Union, 588 N. Larchmont, Los Angeles
1987 Art Gallery Pegasus, 5238 Laurel Canyon, N. Hollywood
1992 Pindar Gallery, 127 Greene st. SoHo, New York
Group art shows
1984 Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California
1987 Argentine-American Cultural Foundation, Annenberg Hall, University of Southern California.
1995 Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, Calif.
Oil paintings
Ms. Eichler lives and paints in California but her work is closely tied to the European heritage. Early in her life she became fascinated by fourteen century Italian art. In the seventies she travelled extensively to Italy, where she stayed in Florence, Siena and Assisi studying minutely the works of great masters as Giotto, Fra Angelico, Duccio, Martini and the Lorenzettis. Those studies of fourteen century Italian art Formed a strong base for her art. Her paintings are characterized by a close blend of Surrealism, poetry and nostalgia. She paints quietly, with slow gradations and controlled emotions, skillfully eliminating unimportant details. Remarkable stillness, stylization and simplicity of expression links her work to early American limners.