Leszek Sobocki (1934-), State of 1976 ( Biography series), 1976
7/40 linocut,
Signature, title, date at bottom.
The work comes from the collection of the artist's friends.
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Leszek Sobocki - painter, graphic artist, poet, essayist. Born on November 14, 1934 in Czestochowa. Studied at the Department of Propaganda Graphics in Katowice (1953-1956), at the Department of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (1956-1959), where he received his diploma in the atelier of Waclaw Taranczewski), and at the Department of Directing at the State Higher School of Theater and Film in Lodz (1959-1960).
In 1965, together with other Krakow painters Zbylut Grzywacz, Jacek Waltos and Maciej Bieniasz, he founded the WPROST group, with which he exhibited until 1986. From 1966 to 1986, he was a participant in the Independent Culture Movement. He has received numerous awards for his work, and his works are in private and public collections around the world (including Moderna Kunst Museet in Stockholm, the Museum of Modern Art in Skopje,the Museum of Modern Art in Lodz; national museums in Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan and Kielce; the Silesian Museum in Katowice and Bytom or the Collegium Maius of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow).
