Size: 130 x 97 cm
signed and dated below: 'J. Tarasin 78'.
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'JAN TARASIN | 1978 | 'FIRE'.
Origins
purchased directly from the artist, 1979
private collection, Warsaw
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 made his debut 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 was rector of the academy from 1987-90. In 1984 he received the Jan Cybis Award. In 1995, a monographic exhibition of the artist's works took place at Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery.