Dimensions: 111.5 x 69.5 cm
Signed and described on the reverse: 'Painting CCLIII S. Gierowski | Warsaw' and 'Painting CCLIII | S. Gierowski'.
on the reverse a paper export sticker for an exhibition in Bonn and an installation notice
Origin
collection of Wojciech Siemion
private collection, Warsaw
Biography
A representative of the contemporary avant-garde of painting, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studios of Zbigniew Pronaszko and Karol Frycz. At the same time, he studied art history at the Jagiellonian University under Wojslaw Mole. In 1949, he settled in Warsaw. In 1956-61 he cooperated with the Krzywe Koło Gallery run by Marian Bogusz. From 1962 to 1996 he taught at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, where he served as dean of the Faculty of Painting from 1975-81, and was elected rector-elect in 1983. The martial law authorities firmly rejected this candidacy. In the 1980s he was associated with the "independent culture" circle. In 1980 he received the Jan Cybis Award.
