Dimensions: 73 x 55 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'ADAM MARCZYŃSKI | "DECOMPOISE A" | 1974' and on the stretcher: '[address details]'
on the reverse a paper sticker with the description of the work
Origins
collection of Mariusz Hermansdorfer, Wroclaw
DESA Unicum, 2020
private collection, Poland
Literature
The Hermansdorfer Collection, ed. by Stanisław Rościcki, Hanna Wrabec, Wrocław 2013, cat. no. 185, pp. 87 (il.), 143 (list)
Hermansdorfer Collection, exhibition catalog, Mia Art Gallery, Wroclaw 2017, p. 46 (il.), 146 (index)
Biography
From 1929 to 1936 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. In the 1930s he became associated with the Cracow Group, and also participated in its reactivation in 1957. His participation in the work of the Association was associated with a sometimes sharp conflict with T. Kantor and his closest "entourage". It seems that Adam Marczynski - next to M. Jarema - was the most outstanding painter of the Group. From 1945 until his retirement he worked at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he led the painting studio. Since 1950 he was its professor. In addition to painting, he practiced drawing, printmaking (monotypes) and stage design. He is the author of highly regarded church polychromies (Nowy Wiśnicz, Tarnów Cathedral, Ratułów, Brzesko, Sokołów Małopolski). He was the author of book illustrations - "Blue pages" by A. Rudnicki, "Kidnapping in Tiutiurlistan" by W. Żukrowski, "Memoirs" by Pask, "Restless hours" by I. Jurgielewiczowa and others. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the Polish avant-garde. In Marczyński's early works, the influences of Cubism and Colorism are evident. After the war, he created lyrical compositions inspired by the art of Paul Klee and Joan Miro. The next stage of his work was in the 1960s - at that time the artist joined the current of matter painting, creating collages - from broken boards, partially burnt slats, sheets of veneer, pieces of cardboard and rusty sheet metal . In the 1970s, he made compositions from small coffers with tilting, movable walls.
