Dimensions: 120 x 150 cm
signed and dated l.d.: 'JAN TARASIN 04'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'JAN TARASIN 2004 | "CIRCLES"'
Origin:
private collection, Poland
DESA Unicum, 2017
private collection, Warsaw
Exhibited
Jan Tarasin. Paintings and works on paper 2005-1959, State Art Gallery in Sopot, Sopot, 15.02-12.03.2006.
Jan Tarsin. Recent paintings, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 12.10.2007-6.01.2008
Literature
Jan Tarasin. Paintings and Works on Paper 2005-1959, exhibition catalog, State Art Gallery in Sopot, Sopot 2006, nlb. (il.)
Izabela Mizerska, Encounters with Tarasin, ed. Zbigniew Chlewiński, Jacek Czuryło, Marek Pietkiewicz, Płock 2007, p. 32 (ill.)
Biography
Graduated from painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1951, in the studio of Prof. Zbigniew Pronaszko. As a student, he debuted at the First Exhibition of Modern Art in Cracow in 1948-49. Since 1962, he has been a member of the Cracow Group. In 1974, he began teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and in 1987-90 was the rector of the academy. In 1984 he received the Jan Cybis Award. In 1995 there was a monographic exhibition of the artist's works at the Warsaw Zachęta Gallery.
