Marian MICHALIK

WINTER LANDSCAPE, 1989
Marian MICHALIK 1947 Zabrze - 1997 Czestochowa PEJZAZŻ ZIMOWY, 1989 Pastel, paper; 32 x 40 cm Signed l.d.: Michalik'89 Asking price 1100 Estimate 1800 - 2000 ◙ droit de suite
Graduate of the High School of Visual Arts in Częstochowa. After his graduation in 1966, he was engaged in applied graphics. A few years later he turned to painting, in which he excelled independently. In 1979 he was admitted to the Association of Polish Artists. Since then he has exhibited extensively at home and abroad, winning many awards at national and international competitions, including a gold medal at the "Bielska Jesień" in 1980, an honorable mention at the XV Grand Prix d'Art Contemporain, Monte Carlo 1981, an award at the International Painting Biennale, Kosice 1985. In 1987 he became a member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters in Paris. He worked in the convention of magical realism, accurately reproducing banal everyday objects, various tools, fetuses of nature, etc., and then creating their unusual juxtapositions. Using dark colors and lighting effects, he referred to the historical painting of Dutch still life masters.