Jan Szancenbach 1928 Krakow - 1998 there, Still life with watermelon, 1973

oil, canvas, 66 x 82 cm, signed p.d.: '73| Szancenbach'



In 1940-42 he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Cracow under S. Kamocki,
J. Mehoffer and A. Jurkiewicz. He continued his studies after the war, in 1945-48, at the Academy of Fine Arts
Under W. Weiss, E. Eibisch and L. Gradowski. Since 1972, he has run his own studio
at the Faculty of Painting. In 1987-93 he was rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, and in 1986.
was appointed professor. His work is dominated by genre scenes, landscapes,
still lifes and portraits. His paintings, full of expression, sometimes verging on abstract forms
forms, are imbued with an unusually vivid, sometimes sharp color palette. The artist was also involved in
also monumental painting, design graphics and drawing film. His paintings
are in many museums, including those in Moscow and the Uffizi Museum in Florence, as well as in
in many museums in Poland.