Władysław Strzemiński (1893 Minsk Litewski - 1952 Lodz), Portrait of a boy, 1949

pencil/paper
Size: 28 x 22 cm (according to the passe-partout)
on the reverse a sticker with the description of the work

Source
Jerzy Mackiewicz collection, Lodz

Exhibited
"Workshop of Wladyslaw Strzeminski", Anna Wesolowska Gallery, Lodz, June 1985.

Literature
Workshop of Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Anna Wesolowska Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lodz 1985, cat. item 81 (ill.).
Władysław Strzemiński (1893-1952) On the Hundredth Anniversary of His Birth, cat. exhibition, Museum of Art in Lodz, 1994, cat. no. VI. 105., p. 234 (il.)

Biography
He began his artistic education in 1918 with classes from the First State Free Studio in Moscow. During this time he established artistic contacts with Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin. In 1921 he moved to Vilna, where he co-organized the New Art Exhibition (1923) and the Block Cubist, Suprematist and Constructivist groups. He was a member of the international group Abstraction-Creation. Since 1931 he has been in Lodz, where he co-founded the International Collection of Modern Art. After 1945, he is engaged in teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. He contributed much to the world avant-garde with his work. World critics rank Strzeminski among the top artists of the 20th century.