Alfred LENICA (1899-1977), Untitled
gouache, paper
70 x 100
Born in 1899, Alfred Lenica died in 1977. In 1922, he began his studies at the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Poznan. At the same time he studied music at the Conservatory of Music. Alfred Lenica painted figurative paintings, primarily still lifes and landscapes, taking his inspiration from Cubism. In 1947, he became a co-founder of the avant-garde group 4F+R. He increasingly moved toward abstraction and Tashism. In 1948, in Krakow, he took part in the First Exhibition of Modern Art organized by Tadeusz Kantor.
