Jacek Sienicki, STILL NATURE, 1985

74.0 x 60.5 cm - oil, canvas signed p.g.: JS 85 XI

On the reverse on canvas: p.g.: Jacek | Sienicki | m. natura | ol. pł., l.g. export stamp, on the g. strip of the loom in marker: 7003; Japanese collection sticker with details of the painting and no. 7003 (loose).

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Jacek Sienicki (Warsaw, February 29, 1928 - Warsaw, December 14, 2000) studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where he received his diploma in the studio of Prof. Artur Nacht-Samborski in 1954. In 1955 he was a participant in the Exhibition of Young Visual Arts at the Warsaw Arsenal. Participation in this manifestation was not only a proper debut for the artist, but also defined for years his attitude, shared with other "Arsenalists", whose principles were: the primacy of ethics, skepticism towards passing artistic fashions, loyalty to oneself. In 1955 Sienicki began teaching at his alma mater. He passed through all academic levels, receiving the title of professor in 1981. He was the recipient of significant awards, including the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Criticism Award in 1974, the Jan Cybis Award (independent) in 1984, and the Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation Award in 1993. From his early years, his painting oscillated between figurativism with an often dramatic existential message and a tendency toward abstraction. At the same time, the painter did not abandon a rather limited set of favorite motifs, which included horse skulls, elongated figures, dark interiors, which he played out in a similar dark-cold color range. In parallel to painting, he drew a lot, usually in charcoal, treating works in this technique as autonomous works.