Dimensions: 70 x 100 cm
signed and dated l.g.: 'MARCZYŃSKI 53'
signed, dated and inscribed on the painter's loom: '100 x 70 ,NAD WODĄ, A. MARCZYŃSKI 1953 [mounting hint]'.
on the painting loom a framing sticker
Biography
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow from 1929-36. In the 1930s he became associated with the Cracow Group, and also participated in its reactivation in 1957. His participation in the work of the Association was associated with a sometimes sharp conflict with T. Kantor and his closest "entourage". It seems that Adam Marczynski - next to M. Jarema - was the most outstanding painter of the Group. From 1945 until his retirement he worked at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he led the painting studio. Since 1950 he was its professor. In addition to painting, he practiced drawing, printmaking (monotypes) and stage design. He is the author of highly regarded church polychromies (Nowy Wiśnicz, Tarnów Cathedral, Ratułów, Brzesko, Sokołów Małopolski). He was the author of book illustrations - "Blue pages" by A. Rudnicki, "Kidnapping in Tiutiurlistan" by W. Żukrowski, "Memoirs" by Pask, "Restless hours" by I. Jurgielewiczowa and others. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the Polish avant-garde. In Marczyński's early works, the influences of Cubism and Colorism are evident. After the war, he created lyrical compositions inspired by the art of Paul Klee and Joan Miro. The next stage of his work was in the 1960s - at that time the artist joined the current of matter painting, creating collages - from broken boards, partially burnt slats, sheets of veneer, pieces of cardboard and rusty sheet metal . In the 1970s, he made compositions from small coffers with tilting, movable walls.
