Jacek SIENICKI (1928-2000), Roofs, 1996

oil, canvas; 61 x 50 cm;
Signed p. d.: J. SIENICKI;
Inscribed on back: JACEK / SIENICKI / OL. PL. / "ROOFS" / 1996

Jacek Sienicki was a graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Artur Nacht Samborski, and then his close associate. He made his debut in 1955, during a national exhibition at the Warsaw Arsenal - "Against War - Against Fascism". The 1970s were a period of exceptionally intensive creative work of the artist thanks to which he was able to rent his own studio. In 1974, Sienicki received the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Critics' Prize, awarded to the painter for a presentation shown at Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery. In 1975 he took over the painting studio at his alma mater. A characteristic feature in Jacek Sienicki's work is taking up one subject several times, working in painting cycles. The repeated development of similar subjects such as plants, pots, dishes, pieces of meat, the view from the window, the interior of the studio are probably a search for the right form and color, because after all, Sienicki's painting was strongly associated with the trend of colorism, from which his mentor Nacht Samborski also originated.

[used: "Jacek Sienicki. Paintings and Works on Paper," Henryk Gallery, Krakow 2009, Source: jaceksienicki.pl; press materials for the exhibition at Kordegarda, June-July 2017 (kordegarda.org/en/exhibition/139610)].