Henryk Stażewski
Polish painter (1894-1988) · Artists · Died at 94
Henryk Stażewski was a Polish painter, visual artist and writer. Stażewski has been described as the "father of the Polish avant-garde" and is considered a pivotal figure in the history of constructivism and geometric abstraction in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Banquet celebrating Kazimir Malevich's solo exhibition at the Hotel Polonia in Warsaw, 1927. Henryk Stażewski is standing to the far right.
Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying, oil on canvas, 1915 (Museum of Modern Art, New York) was reproduced by Henryk Stażewski in 1962.
Infinite Vertical Composition, 1970. The artwork was made from color light beams projected onto the night sky during the Wrocław 70 symposium in Wrocław, PolandAbout this person
His career spanned seven decades and he was one of the few prominent Polish artists of the interwar period who remained active and gained further international recognition in the second half of the 20th century.
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1988 · aged 94
