Dimensions: 81 x 65.5 cm
Signed and dated p.d: 'J. Tarasin | 76'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'JAN TARASIN | "FIRE" | 1976'
Origin
Rempex, 2007
private collection, Poland
Biography
In 1951 he graduated from painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studio of Professor 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.