Juliusz NARZYŃSKI (1934-2020), Untitled, 1969

oil, canvas; 140 x 80 cm;
Signed and dated p.d.: Juliusz Narzyński 69.

Juliusz Narzynski was born in 1934 in Warsaw. He graduated from the capital's
Academy of Fine Arts, earning his diploma in 1959 in the atelier of Prof.
Artur Nacht-Samborski. For many years associated with the artistic
life of the Warsaw bohemia, he became a member of the Rekonesans group, established in 1963
Rekonesans group. Since 1966, he headed the Gallery of Contemporary Art
in the Old Town in Warsaw (after Marian Bogusz and his Crooked
Circle). In 1973, on the other hand, he took over the management of the painting studio
at the State Higher School of Visual Arts in Lodz (currently the Academy of Fine Arts
Władysław Strzemiński) devoting himself to teaching. He died
in 2020 in Warsaw.
He was the recipient of many awards, including the Award at the Second Art Biennale of Iglesias
(1963), the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Art Criticism Award (1969)
and a scholarship recipient of the Dutch Government (1970). He has participated in more than 200
exhibitions at home and abroad, both collective and individual,
and his works are in private and public collections, including.
In the National Museum in Warsaw, the Zachęta National Art Gallery,
National Museum in Poznań, and the National Museum in Kielce,
as well as abroad in Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Italy and the USA.
Narzynski's work is an expression of a unique artistic personality
and a reaction to prevailing trends and positions in art. His works reflect the
evolution of his thought and approach to art over time,
constituting not only an expression of individual expression, but also a dialogue
with the artistic and cultural world around him. Initially, the artist
was strongly fascinated by informel, but over time the fleshy, biological
forms were juxtaposed with geometrized elements, suspended
in an undefined space. Color served to de-realise the portrayed
objects, while with the help of painterly metaphors Narzynski created oneiric
imaginations. Critics appreciate Narzyński's work, noting the
on the poetic nature of his visions and the artistry with which he used, creating abstract
Informel-inspired compositions or surrealistic landscapes.