Wladyslaw Strzeminski (1893 Minsk Litewski - 1952 Lodz), People at War [Unemployed, Three Figures, People of the War Period], 1939-1945

crayon, pencil/paper
Dimensions: 31 x 38.5 cm
Inscribed on the back in pencil middleground: 'people at war' and in ink l.d.: 'author Wladyslaw Strzeminski | title "people" format 31 x 38.5 | technique pencil and colored pencil | ownership Wladyslaw Gorski | zam. Lodz Piotrkowska 142'.

State of preservation
the work is appraised by Zenobia Karnicka.

Provenance
collection of Wladyslaw Gorski, Lodz

Exhibited
"Katarzyna Kobro, Władysław Strzemiński", Central Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions (CBWA) Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw, 1957
"Katarzyna Kobro, Władysław Strzemiński," Center for Art Propaganda, Lodz, 1956

Literature
Katarzyna Kobro, Władysław Strzemiński, December 1956 - January 1957, Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions, Association of Polish Artists, Łódź,1957, p. 40, item 103.
Wladyslaw Strzeminski 1893-1952. on the 100th anniversary of his birth, catalog of the exhibition at the Museum of Art in Lodz, [ed.] Jadwiga Janik, Zenobia Karnicka and Janina Ładnowska, Museum of Art, Lodz 1994, p. 184, item II.11

Biography
He began his artistic education in 1918 with classes from the First State Free Studio in Moscow. During this time he established artistic contacts with Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin. In 1921 he moved to Vilna, where he co-organized the New Art Exhibition (1923) and the Block Cubist, Suprematist and Constructivist groups. He was a member of the international group Abstraction-Creation. Since 1931 he has been in Lodz, where he co-founded the International Collection of Modern Art. After 1945, he is engaged in teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. He contributed much to the world avant-garde with his work. World critics rank Strzeminski among the top artists of the 20th century.