Mikolaj Kasprzyk, WIEŻA, 1997

50,0 x 50,0cm - oil, canvas

sign. p.d.: MK [monogr. p.] 97

Sign. on back on canvas g.: MIKOŁAJ KASPRZYK | "WIEŻA" | OLEJ 98 | 50 x 50, below stamp authorizing export abroad with signature

Mikołaj Kasprzyk (Warsaw 1953, lives in Warsaw) - painter; studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, received his diploma in the studio of Prof. Jacek Sienicki in 1977. From 1977 to 1989 he was an assistant and assistant professor at the painting department of his alma mater. In 2001, he was awarded the prize for the best painting of the year in the "Art & Business" monthly competition.
"The simple, figurative style of his paintings refers to the art of the Italian Quattrocento, and any resemblance to Surrealism - which he himself repeatedly emphasizes - is accidental and superficial. An ironic observer of ongoing life and human relations, he is also the author of one of the most poetic styles of painting. He paints figures based on photographs he takes, for which he poses alone or with his wife Bogna. He sets them in an unreal landscape and has them play imaginary roles: dueling couples, dancers, musicians, jugglers. He often multiplies the figures, showing them in successive phases of movement." [cited: galeriaart.pl].