Alfred LENICA (1899-1977), Untitled, 1967

Own technique, gouache, paper; 50 x 65 cm;
Signed p. d.: Lenica [in pen];
Inscribed on the reverse: ALenica / 1967 / PARIS - Warsaw [in pen].

Alfred Lenica is considered the author of Poland's first Tascist canvas
- painting "Farby w ruch" from 1949. He was one of the
founders of the Poznan art group 4F+R (Form, Paint, Texture,
Fantasy + Realism). In 1948, he participated in the First Exhibition of Modern Art
in Cracow. A native of Poznań, the painter, a trained
violinist by education, smuggled in his artistic work a love of harmony of
colors, which, as Bożena Kowalska recalls, shaped the emotions of the viewer:
"And sometimes the harmony of colors alone can accurately convey the mood of joy,
sadness or wartime horror, with a strong suggestion acting on the viewers". The painter
forms the painting structure with the help of freely dripping paints, splashes,
splashes. He also experiments with other materials and techniques,
such as lacquers and collage. To achieve a distinctive way of painting
painting he uses tools that allow for precise selection of already
applied paint, thus creating linear, freely shaped
compositions. The 1940s and 1950s were the peak of creative and innovative
formal solutions in the creation of the painter's works. Alfred Lenica's paintings intensify the
empirical experience of the viewer.