Dimensions: 126 x 97 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'Alesander | Kobzdej 1971 | Hors cadre | No. 47 | 126 x 97' and mounting indication.
Origins
Sopot Auction House, 2018
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Aleksander Kobzdej 1920-1972, exhibition on the 20th anniversary of his death, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, ZPAP Gallery in Warsaw, 1992.
Aleksander Kobzdej. Hors cadre, Kordegarda Gallery in Warsaw, March-April 2001
Literature
Aleksander Kobzdej 1920-1972, exhibition catalog on the 20th anniversary of his death, Warsaw 1992, cat. no. 62, p. 107.
Aleksander Kobzdej. Hors cadre, exhibition catalog, Warsaw 2001, p. 7 (ill.)
Biography
Studied painting under W. Lam, after the war he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under E. Eibisch. Initially he practiced painting in the post-impressionist spirit, in the late 1940s he turned to realist painting. During the period of Socialist Realism, he became the No. 1 artist of officially decreed art by the communist authorities. He is the author of the masterpiece of Socialist Realism, "Pass the Brick." He broke with socialist realism in 1955. Since 1951 he was a teacher at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, with which he was associated until his death. He moved away from representational painting and began creating in the spirit of informel. He worked on the structure and texture of paintings - he created the series "Cracks", which began in 1966. An extension of this series became painting objects created since 1969, called "Hors cadre" (without frames), entering without any restrictions into relations with the surrounding space. He also created spatial objects, and painting and sculpture objects. He has also worked in stage design, poster design and book illustration.
