watercolor, pen, ink, paper, 100 x 70 cm signed and dated at the bottom in the composition field: M. OBERLANDER. 1960.; on the reverse: author's description of the work with signature and exhibition name; DESA FOREIGN TRADE ENTERPRISE sticker with description of the work
provenance: private collection, Sweden; Desa Foreign Trade Enterprise, Warsaw
exhibited: Polish Plastic Work in the 15th Anniversary of the Polish People's Republic, Warsaw, 1961.
Marek Oberländer (1922-1978)
In 1946-48 he studied at the High School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Then in 1948-53 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 1955, together with Elżbieta Grabska, Jan Dziędziora and Jacek Sienicki, he was co-organizer of the National Exhibition of Young Visual Arts, which, under the name of "Arsenal," entered the legend of Polish contemporary art. One of the symbols of the "Arsenal" attitude and style became Oberländer's painting Stigmatized, shown at this exhibition. In 1956-61, the artist managed a gallery operating under the auspices of cultural and social weeklies, successively: "Po Prostu", "Nowa Kultura" and "Współczesność". He donated a selection of the best works from his artistic output to the National Museum in Wroclaw in 1977.
