Dimensions: 100 x 67.2 cm
on the reverse of the export stamp
Origin
collection of painter Adam Hoffmann
Tadeusz Nyczek & Maciej Szybist Gallery Inny Świat, Cracow
collection of Helen de Borchgrave, London
Agra-Art, 2019
institutional collection, Poland
DESA Unicum, 2021
private collection, Warsaw
Exhibited
Modern Polish Masters, Helen de Borchgrave Fine Art, London, 6-27.06.1989
Literature
Modern Polish Masters, exhibition catalog, Helen de Borchgrave Fine Art, London 1989, cat. item 26, p. 19.
Biography
Began studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Cracow in 1940. Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1944. Member of the Group of Young Artists and the Cracow Group. In 1976-92 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Painter, draughtsman, stage designer, creator of figural compositions, still lifes, nudes, landscapes and sacred paintings, in which he combined modern elements with influences of Byzantine art. His unique style is characterized by the use of a flat arrangement of color patches edged with a clean contour line and a synthesizing vision of everyday life. He is the author of numerous polychrome paintings in churches (including the Church of the Holy Spirit in Nowe Tychy, the church in Wesoła near Warsaw, the church in Lourdes, France) and iconostasis (including the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Cracow). The artist's works are in numerous museum collections in Poland and in private collections (USA, Canada, France, Germany). In 1993 he was awarded the Great Cultural Foundation Prize for outstanding cultural achievements.
