Dimensions: 65 x 100 cm
signed l.d.: 'LEBENSTEIN'
signed, dated and described on the reverse:
'J. Lebenstein | Novembre 1963 | "Panoplie"'.
on the reverse an exhibition sticker from the Zachęta Central Office of Art Exhibitions
Origin
owned by the artist
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Jan Lebenstein, solo exhibition, Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw, April-May 1992
Literature
Jan Lebenstein, exhibition catalog, Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw 1992, cat. no. 38 (list of works)
Biography
Painter and graphic artist. Studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Artur Nacht-Samborski. He made his debut at the exhibition "Against War, Against Fascism" at the Warsaw Arsenal in 1955. In 1959 he received the Grand Prix at the First International Biennale of the Young in Paris for his series of paintings Axial Figures. Since then he lived permanently in Paris. In the following years, he drew themes from ancient literature, mythology and the Bible. He created a series devoted to depictions of prehistoric animals. He was associated with the milieu of the Parisian "Kultura" and, among other things, illustrated Gustaw Herling-Grudziński's short stories published there. In 1976 he received the A. Jurzykowski Foundation Award from New York, and in 1987 he received the independent Jan Cybis Award. His works are in the collections of the National Museums in Warsaw, Krakow and Poznan, as well as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Nationale d'Art Moderne in Paris.
