Andrzej Wróblewski (1927 Vilnius - 1957 Tatra Mountains), "Portrait of a Man," 1950

oil/canvas
Dimensions: 90 x 70 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'ANDRZEJ WRÓBLEWSKI | PORTRET MÊŻCZYZNY | 90 x 70 oil 1950'.
on the reverse a stamp from Zderzak Gallery

Origins
private collection, Cracow
Desa Unicum, 2019
institutional collection, Poland

Exhibited
"Andrzej Wróblewski. Posthumous Exhibition," Palace of Art, CBWA, Cracow, 5-27.01.1958;
Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw, 6-23.02.1958; Art Propaganda Center, Łódź, 4-25.05.1958
"Andrzej Wróblewski 1927-1957. exhibition on the 10th anniversary of his death," National Museum in Poznań, 10.04-14.05.1967; National Museum in Warsaw, 5.02-3.03.1968
"Andrzej Wróblewski (1927-1957). A Retrospective," Zachęta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, 30.10-03.12.1995
"Andrzej Wróblewski (1927-1957). A Retrospective", National Museum, Cracow, 26.01-31.03.1996

Literature
Andrzej Wróblewski. Posthumous Exhibition, exhibition catalog, Palace of Art, Cracow 1958, p. 13, cat. no. 21.
Andrzej Wróblewski: 1927-1957, exhibition catalog on the 10th anniversary of his death, [edited by] Irena Moderska, National Museum in Poznan, Poznan 1967, p. 37, item cat. 39
Inventory of paintings by Andrzej Wróblewski, made by Krystyna Wróblewska on March 25, 1968, located in the artist's apartment - on the pavilion - (at 55a Ks. Józefa St.), owned by his wife, Teresa Wróblewska, no. 2
Andrzej Wróblewski. A Retrospective, exhibition catalog, [ed.] Zofia Golubiew, Zachęta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw 1998, cat. no. 72, p. 93.

Biography
From 1945-52 studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and art history at the Jagiellonian University. From 1946 he participated in exhibitions, and from 1948 he was also involved in journalism, mainly in the field of art. From 1950-54 he served as an assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of Prof. Radnicki and Prof. Rudzka-Cybisowa, among others. He died on March 23, 1957 on a solitary excursion in the Tatra Mountains. In his works, using an original and fascinating language of painting, he expressed in a highly evocative way the tragic experiences of a generation growing up during the war and entering maturity during Stalinist times. Considered a forerunner of new figuration, contemporary realism, also new expression, he is among the greatest Polish painters of the 20th century.