(…) any work in which man is absent cannot be called painting.

– Sasza Blondel (Domanska B., Sasza Blonder – André Blondel 1909-1949 [exhibition catalogue], National Museum in Krakow, Artistic Association Grupa Krakowska, Krakow, 1970, p. 5.)

Aleksander Sasza Blondel (Bronder)'s creative pursuits revolve primarily around colorism and expressionism. Born in 1909, he was a member of the First Krakow Group (1933-1937), an avant-garde association of artists with leftist views who rebelled against the old, conventional academic art: "For these young, temperamental people, seeking new forms of existence, only social revolution seemed to open up new possibilities for realization in every field" (Filipowicz ...