Zdzislaw Stanek (1925-1996), "Decanters and Bottles. The table after the party", 1956

oil, canvas, 58 x 75 cm,
signature p.d.: Z. Stanek / 56
The painting was donated to the family of the present owners by Zdzislaw Stanek.
Similar in composition to the presented work, the painting "Bottles and Light", 1956, oil, canvas, from the collection of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, is reproduced in: "Katowicki Underground artystyczny po 1953," BWA Gallery of Contemporary Art in Katowice, Katowice 2004, p. 462, il. 1.

Painter, associated with the Katowice art community, co-founder of the St-53 Group. Like the other members of the St-53 Group, he was fascinated by the work and theoretical thought of Władysław Strzemiński. Initially inspired by Cubism , with time his painting develops towards abstraction, only to return again to the object, to which he gives an almost sculptural form, modeling it in wood and plaster, and enriching the texture with thickly applied paint. The artist has participated in numerous group exhibitions and had solo exhibitions in Warsaw, Katowice, Bytom and Szczecin. His works are in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw, the Museum of Western Pomerania in Szczecin, the Museum in Torun, the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, among others. The artist's works from such an early period as the above painting are very rare on the antiquarian market.