Tymon NIESIOŁOWSKI, WOMAN'S HEAD, 1949

From a Portfolio of 10 autolithographs from 1949 published in an edition of 370 pieces.
Lithograph, paper, 50 x 39,5cm
Signed in pencil: Tymon
Bibl.:A. Rissmann, Tymon Niesiołowski (1882-1965) [exhibition catalog], District Museum in Toruń 2005, pp. 156-157, il.
Asking price 1200
Estimate 1600 - 2000

Tymon NIESIOŁOWSKI
1882 Lviv - 1965 Torun
Painter, graphic artist, pedagogue; studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Stanislaw Wyspianski and Jozef Mehoffer in 1900-1905. Between 1906 and 1926 he lived in Zakopane, from where he traveled to Italy, Paris and Munich. In 1908 he was a co-founder of the "Group of Five, from 1917 he was associated with the "Formists" grouping, and from 1922 with the "Rhythm" Association. In 1926 he moved to Vilnius, where he became director of the School of Arts and Crafts, and from 1928 taught at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Stefan Batory University. After the war he took over the chair of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun; from 1958 he was a member of the "Torun Group. He painted - distinguished by decorativeness of form and color - still lifes, nudes, portraits, less often landscapes. His style evolved over the years; his early works reveal clear influences from Wyspianski, his later works reveal clear inspirations from French painting, including the work of Gauguin, Picasso and Matisse. In the paintings of his mature period, he often used flat patches of color, edged with strongly outlined contours. The artist also worked in printmaking. inquire about the object