Oil painting on canvas, signed by the artist, dimensions: 80-100 cm.
Andrzej Nałęcz-Sobieszczański
born. 5.12.1950 in Gdansk. Studied at the State Higher School of Visual Arts - Gdansk in the atelier of Prof. K. Śramkiewicz at the Faculty of Painting, graduated in 1976.
Between 1976 and 1996 participated in exhibitions and plein-air events nationwide and abroad, among others:
1978 - "Sea Horse" - Szczecin,
1979 - "Bielska Jesień" - BWA Bielsko Biała,
1984 - "Art Confrontations of Northern Poland". - EL Gallery - Elbląg,
1986 - 1990 "Four Seasons" Art Gallery - Szczecinek,
1991 - "Contact" Collective Exhibition of Painting - Paris.
... drawing played a big role in his work, it was an attempt to test the experience, but also an autonomous value. Subjects: woman, nude, autistic speech ... He used Witkac's principle: "Every painter must draw well, that is, he must be able to do what he wants, and not what accidentally "comes out" to him by itself. A good drawing is then in a painting when the artist who created it is satisfied and has a clear conscience."
Andrew painted what he was supposed to paint, not what would come out. Randomness was always mocked by him. Whether he was satisfied, I don't know, but he certainly had a clear conscience. In his work he is somewhere between expressionism and formalism. On his canvases he reconciled two quarreling artists - Witkacy and Chwistek. Sometimes he introduced elements of abstraction. Did he want to create a kind of synthesis? We didn't have time to talk about it....
