Dimensions: 170 x 110 cm
signed and dated p.d.: ''87 | RATAJSKI''
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'SŁAWOMIR | RATAJSKI | oil 1987 | 170x110 "IGRASZKI | WOJWENNE" | "JEDZIEC POLSKI"''.
Biography
Polish artist, diplomat, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under Prof. Halina Chrostowska and Prof. Jerzy Tchórzewski (1979). During martial law, he was active in the independent culture movement. In 1986 he was the winner of the Bronze Medal at the First International Asia-Europe Art Biennale in Ankara. After graduation, he created dynamic and symbolic paintings maintained in the spirit of New Expressionism. In 1987, he began teaching at his alma mater. The artist has presented his paintings in more than 20 solo exhibitions and nearly 100 group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Among others, at the International Painting Festival in Cagnes-sur-Mer (1987) and the exhibitions "Freshly Painted" (1988) and What After an Artist in Marnym Time (1990) at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw. The artist's works are in private and museum collections in Poland, Germany, Spain, the USA, Canada, Belgium and Argentina.
