Jan Tarasin (1926 Kalisz - 2009 Warsaw), Propagating Records 1, 1987/92

oil, canvas, 180 x 140 cm, signed p.d.: 'J. Tarasin 87', inscribed on the reverse: 'JAN TARASIN 87/92 | ROZMANZAJĄJĄCE ZAPISY I'; exhibition stickers from the Zachęta Gallery of Art and the Plock Gallery of Art

EXHIBITED:
- Jan Tarasin. Omitted Register and Other Registers, Plock Art Gallery 2018
LITERATURE:
- Jan Tarasin. Skipped register and other registers, Plock Art Gallery 2018, p. 40.

Painter and printmaker. Studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, in the studios of Zbigniew Pronaszko, Wacław Taranczewski. He also took lessons in the graphics department of Andrzej Jurkiewicz and Konrad Srzednicki. He completed his studies in 1951. While still a student, he debuted at the First Exhibition of Modern Art in Cracow in 1948. From 1963 to 1967, he held the position of lecturer at the Interior Design Department of his alma mater. Then, in 1974, he worked in Warsaw at the Academy of Fine Arts there. In 1985, he received the title of associate professor at this very university,
and in 1987-1990 was its rector. He was the recipient of many awards, including the Jan Cybis Award in 1984.