Dimensions: 100 x 81 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse on the loom: 'S. Fijałkowski - Czternasna czarna szarfa, 1986'
sticker with the description of the work on the painting loom
Condition
Authenticity of the work consulted with the Stanislaw Fijalkowski Foundation
Origin
purchase directly from the artist
private collection, New York
DESA Unicum, 2015
private collection, Warsaw
private collection, Tricity
Exhibited
Stanislaw Fijalkowski. Painting, graphics, drawing, Studio Gallery, Warsaw, 1990.
Stanislaw Fijalkowski painting exhibition, T Gallery, Lodz, 1992.
Stanisław Fijałkowski, National Museum in Poznań, Poznań, June 2003.
Stanislaw Fijalkowski, "Zachęta" National Art Gallery in Warsaw, Warsaw, 15.07-24.08.2003
Stanisław Fijałkowski, National Museum in Wrocław, Wrocław, 11.09-2.11.2003
Literature
Stanisław Fijałkowski, exhibition catalog, ed. by Włodzimierz Nowaczyk, National Museum in Poznań, Poznań 2003, p. 253, item 208 (index)
Biography
Studied in 1946-51 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. In the early period of his work he referred to the experience of impressionism, in the late 1950s he experienced a fascination with informel. The transformations that take place in his paintings focus mainly on the gradual departure from a straightforward, overly literal form. He created works that use "object" suggestions and refer, for example, to Christian iconography, cycles of abstract compositions (e.g. "Gorges", "Variations on the Number Four", "Talmudic Studies") or reaching back to the author's own experiences ("Highways"). The artist represented Poland at the Sao Paulo Biennale (1969) and the Venice Biennale (1972). In 1977 he was awarded the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Art Criticism Award, and in 1990 he was honored with the prestigious Jan Cybis Award
