Oil, cardboard; 58 x 74.4 cm
Signed p.d.: PSzymski 46
Piotr SZYMSKI
1912 Myślenice -1969 Gdansk
Sculptor and painter, graduate (1939) of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, student of Xawery Dunikowski and Stanisław Jarocki. Initially stayed in the Soviet Union during the war, later hiding in the Podhale region. Immediately after the war, in 1945, he took a job at the Bursa Gymnasium and Commercial Technical School in Myślenice. In 1949, he settled in Malbork and founded the Visual Arts Center there, which he ran until his untimely death. In 1971, ZPAP in Sopot organized an exhibition of his sculptures and paintings. His paintings include landscapes, still lifes, genre scenes and portraits that are insightful studies of the people portrayed (including self-portraits).
Asking price 3000
Estimate 4000 - 5000
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