Solowiej-Wedderburn studied in the sculpture department of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Art, where she specialised in medallic art under Zofia Demkowska. She has lived in London since 1987. The image of the swallow from The Happy Prince is itself a metaphor for Oscar Wilde.
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
By: Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn, 1989
Medium: cast bronze
Size: 101 x 75mm
Issue: The Medal, no. 16 (1990)
Edition: 18