Dimensions: 145 x 70 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'ADAM MARCZYŃSKI | "REFLEKS ZMIENNE ZIELONE" | 1968 | 145 x 70 cm | KRAKÓW [artist's address]' and mounting indication.
Origin
Doyle, New, New York, 2009
private collection, New York
DESA Unicum, 2019
institutional collection, Poland
Exhibited
"IX Exhibition of the Cracow Group," Krzysztofory Gallery, Cracow, October 30-November 1968.
Literature
Adam Marczynski. Painting, cat. wyst., ed. by Teresa Sondka, ZPAP, BWA, Salon Sztuki Współczesnej, Lodz 1974, nlb (il. from the exhibition "Grupa Krakowska" in Krzysztofory 1968)
Jacek Maria Stokłosa, Krzysztofory Gallery, ed. Robert Domżalski, Starmach Gallery, Krakow 2018, pp. 194-195 (il.).
Biography
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow from 1929-36. In the 1930s he became associated with the Cracow Group, and also participated in its reactivation in 1957. His participation in the work of the Association was associated with a sometimes sharp conflict with T. Kantor and his closest "entourage". It seems that Adam Marczynski - next to M. Jarema - was the most outstanding painter of the Group. From 1945 until his retirement he worked at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he led the painting studio. Since 1950 he was its professor. In addition to painting, he practiced drawing, printmaking (monotypes) and stage design. He is the author of highly regarded church polychromies (Nowy Wiśnicz, Tarnów Cathedral, Ratułów, Brzesko, Sokołów Małopolski). He was the author of book illustrations - "Blue pages" by A. Rudnicki, "Kidnapping in Tiutiurlistan" by W. Żukrowski, "Memoirs" by Pask, "Restless hours" by I. Jurgielewiczowa and others. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the Polish avant-garde. In Marczyński's early works, the influences of Cubism and Colorism are evident. After the war, he created lyrical compositions inspired by the art of Paul Klee and Joan Miro. The next stage of his work was in the 1960s - at that time the artist joined the current of matter painting, creating collages - from broken boards, partially burnt slats, sheets of veneer, pieces of cardboard and rusty sheet metal . In the 1970s, he made compositions from small coffers with tilting, movable walls.
