Dimensions: 54 x 74 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'Jan Tarasin 76'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'JAN TARASIN 76 | "COUNTED OBJECTS"'
Provenance
private collection, Poland (purchased directly from the artist)
private collection, Warsaw
Biography
In 1951 he graduated from painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studio of Professor Zbigniew Pronaszko. As a student, he debuted at the First Exhibition of Modern Art in Cracow in 1948-49. Since 1962, he has been a member of the Cracow Group. In 1974, he began teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and was rector of the academy from 1987-90. In 1984 he received the Jan Cybis Award. In 1995 there was a monographic exhibition of the artist's works at the Warsaw Zachęta Gallery.