Stanislaw FIJAŁKOWSKI (1922 - 2020), XVII Talmudic Studies; from Teki XYLON 63; 1984

Print based on linocut, paper; 49.5 x 34.5 cm
The work is from Portfolio XYLON 63 published in Zurich 1984; edition of 600 pieces.
Provenance: private collection Poland

Painter and graphic artist, honorary doctor of the Wladyslaw Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, associated with the Lodz avant-garde and the so-called "Strzeminski circle." Chairman of the Polish Section of the International Association of Wood Engravers XYLON. Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg and the Belgian Royal Academy of Science, Literature and Fine Arts in Brussels.
He represented Poland at the São Paulo Biennale and the Venice Biennale. He has won numerous national and international awards. His works are in collections in Poland and abroad, including MoMA in New York, the Tate Gallery in London and the Albertina in Vienna.
In 2003, on the occasion of the artist's 80th birthday, the National Museum in Poznań, the National Museum in Wrocław and the Zachęta National Art Gallery in Warsaw organized a retrospective exhibition of his work.