Dimensions: 46 x 55.5 cm
signed and dated l.d.: 'Jan Tarasin 93'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'JAN TARASIN | SITUATION XXXI. 93'
Origins
Libra Auction House, 2021
private collection, Poland
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 in 1987-90 was the rector of the academy. 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.