Dimensions: 151 x 119 cm
signed, dated and described on the stretcher: 'T. BRZOZOWSKI | 151 x 119 | 'HUNCWOTY' 1966' on the reverse with a mounting pointer
on the reverse a mounting pointer
Origins
Jean-Marie Drot collection, Paris
Polswiss Art, 2017
private collection, Europe
Exhibited
Brzozowski, solo exhibition, Galerie Lambert, Paris 14.04-9.07.1966
Literature
Brzozowski, exhibition catalog, Galerie Lambert, introduction by Edouard Jauer, Paris 1965, p. nlb.
Jacques Lambert, Cimaises parisiennes, "Combat," 1966, 27.06.1966
Frederic Megret, En Pologne, les peintres abstraits gagnent maintenant leur vie (With Tadeusz Brzozowski interviewed...),
"Figaro Litteraire," July 1960 Happening pour objets, "Arts," no. 41, 1966
Tadeusz Brzozowski 1918-1987, [ed.] Anna Żakiewicz, Warsaw 1997, cat. no. 174.
Biography
Beginning in 1936 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, continuing from 1940-1942 at the Kunstgewerbeschule, established in place of the Academy. During the occupation, he was associated with Tadeusz Kantor's Underground Theater - he played in Balladina (1943) and the lead role in The Return of Odysseus (1944). During this period he was also involved in art conservation, which proved fruitful for his own painting technique in the future. In 1945 he finally graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Until 1948, he exhibited with the Young Visual Artists Group, participating in the most important exhibitions of the young art movement, until the authorities imposed Socialist Realism as the prevailing style of painting. In 1954, he moved to Zakopane, where he began teaching at the Kenar School. During this period, he became a virtuoso of painting technique in the course of independent trials and experiences. Color, texture, the play of glazing and values, all the "alchemy" he used in his paintings made up the unique phenomenon of abstract painting, which was capable of "telling" with its very form. In 1955, he returned to participating in exhibitions, participating in numerous shows in Poland and abroad, also holding many solo exhibitions.
