Andrzej Wróblewski (1927 Vilnius - 1957 Tatra Mountains), "Corrida de toros," 1945

Condition
framed

Literature
Andrzej Wróblewski. Posthumous Exhibition, exhibition catalog, Palace of Art, Cracow 1958
Andrzej Wróblewski: grafika, drawing, gouache, exhibition catalog, Central Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions, Katowice 1958
Andrzej Wróblewski: 1927-1957, exhibition catalog on the 10th anniversary of his death, [edited by] Irena Moderska, National Museum in Poznań, Poznań 1967
Andrzej Wróblewski 1927-1957, exhibition catalog, [eds] Joanna Kordjak-Piotrowska, Jerzy Gmurek, National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw 2007

Biography
From 1945-52 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and art history at the Jagiellonian University. From 1946 he participated in exhibitions, and from 1948 he was also involved in journalism, mainly in the field of art. From 1950-54 he served as an assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of Prof. Radnicki and Prof. Rudzka-Cybisowa, among others. He died on March 23, 1957 on a solitary excursion in the Tatra Mountains. In his works, using an original and fascinating language of painting, he expressed in a highly evocative way the tragic experiences of a generation growing up during the war and entering maturity during Stalinist times. Considered a forerunner of new figuration, contemporary realism, also new expression, he is among the greatest Polish painters of the 20th century.