Dimensions: 61 x 74.5 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'Jan Ziemski | Lublin 1966'
Origin:
private collection, Poland
DESA Unicum, 2021
private collection, Poland
Literature
cf: Jan Ziemski - solo exhibition, exhibition catalog, Salon C.B.W.A., Lublin 1966, nlb. (il.)
Ireneusz J. Kamiński, Fighting with the image, "KAMENA", no. 19, September 1968, nlb., (il.).
JAN ZIEMSKI. Exhibition of paintings by Jan Ziemski, exhibition catalog, ZPAP, Malachowski Palace, Naleczow 1970 (cover)
Biography
Studied art history at the Catholic University of Lublin since 1956. He was a co-founder of the Zamek Group. His first painting compositions can be described as metaphorical. Since 1958, the artist experimented with the surface of the painting, introducing near-paralyzing, concrete matter. The artist's most interesting experience was the "formuras", or paintings-objects of complex texture, molded in plaster, executed in 1960-64. Since the mid-1960s, the artist has been fascinated by the problems of visualizing space, movement and light (RYTMS, 1971; PERMUTATIONS, 1973). In the 1980s, Ziemski extremely simplified his palette and in his last works used only black and white (METAMORPHOSES series). A regular participant in plein-airs and symposia, including the KOSZALIŃSKI PLENERS in Osieki.
