Wladyslaw Rzab, HEAD OF THE LANDSCAPE

53.0 x 18.5cm - wood wood, height 53 cm

on the base from underneath sticker (typescript, marker): II TRIENNALE OF NON-PROFESSIONAL PLASTIC ART | WE WROCŁAWIU | Title HEAD OF THE LANDLORD | Technique RESCUE | Name and surname JÓZEF RZĄB | Exact address of the author ZGIERZ | Occupation RENCISTA | Address of the institution [...] DOM KULTURY | [...].

state of preservation: vertical crack of wood behind right ear.



♣ to the price bid, in addition to other costs, a fee will be added, resulting from the right of the artist and his heirs to receive remuneration in accordance with the Act of February 4, 1994 - on Copyright and Related Rights (droit de suite).

Władysław Rząb (Zgierz 18 May 1910 - Zgierz 13 August 1992) - was born into a large and poor working-class family. Difficult conditions did not allow him to develop his artistic interests, which he had manifested since childhood. Before World War II, he made amateur copies of battle scenes. After the war, he studied for three years - thanks to a scholarship he received - at Prof. Adam Rychtarski's painting studio in Lodz. He worked in many professions, including being a painter, sign painter, store window decorator and letter carrier. For many years he applied for admission to the Association of Polish Artists, which he achieved only in 1986. By then he had gained a reputation in Poland and abroad as a non-professional artist. He participated in many exhibitions of this genre of art, and his works entered important collections. In addition to painting, he was involved in printmaking (mainly linocut) and drawing.