Size: 19.5 x 16 cm (according to the passe-partout)
on the reverse a paper sticker of Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow with description of the object
Origin
collection of the artist's heirs, Poland
private collection, Poland
Exhibited
Society of the Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow, Collective exhibition of works by Leon Chwistek, Cracow, September 1971.
Literature
Collective exhibition of works by Leon Chwistek, exhibition catalog, Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow, Cracow 1971, p. 51, cat. no. 43
Biography
Mathematician, philosopher, painter and art theorist. Around 1903-04 he studied for half a year as a free student in the studio of Jozef Mehoffer at the Cracow academy. In 1913-14 he studied drawing in Paris. He was one of the founders of the Formists group formed in 1917 in Krakow. In 1922 he formulated his own "mathematical" theory of painting, the so-called Zonism. He exhibited in Krakow (solo exhibition in 1927) and Lviv (solo exhibition in 1934) During the Formist period he painted portraits, nudes, figural compositions and views of fantastic cities. He also painted portraits and compositions inspired by Futurist assumptions and children's works.
