Wieslaw Obrzydowski (1938-2017), Seated nude, 1997

Acrylic, canvas; size: 140 x 140 cm; signed l. g.: WO '97

Wieslaw Obrzydowski (1938-2017) Polish expressionist; he is counted among the representatives of the "new expression" and considered a precursor of the trans-avant-garde. He studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, under the direction of: Wacław Taranczewski, Tadeusz Łakomski and Czesław Rzepiński. In 1966, he received his diploma in the studio of Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa. His paintings are characterized by: strong expression, brutality, deformation, anti-aestheticism often verging on obscenity. Among the subjects prevail self-portraits and portraits of friends and family, the immediate environment (neglected streets of the Kazimierz district), scenes from family life. The artist's works are in the collections of the National Museum in Cracow, the Silesian Museum in Katowice, the Museum of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, as well as in very numerous and significant private collections at home and abroad.