Description
Oil, canvas; 62 x 77 cm
Signed p.d.: Sz. Skorupka 1987
Asking price 2500
Estimate 3200 - 3500
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Szczepan SKORUPKA
1903 Warsaw -1997 Warsaw
Painter. Brother of Stanislaw - a linguist. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1920-30). Co-founder of the Independents society, established in 1946, and co-founder and secretary of the committee of the Zachęta group (1956-69). He traveled extensively, both before the war (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden) and after the war (France, USA, USSR, Netherlands). He had numerous solo exhibitions at home and abroad (USA, London, West Germany). He also took part in group exhibitions such as: TZSP salons in Warsaw (1933-39), TPSP in Krakow (1937). His works are in private collections in the USA, Great Britain, Holland and Germany.
