Henryk Gotlib - Artist Info

About Henryk Gotlib

  • Biography

    Henryk Gotlib was a Polish artist born in Krakow in 1890. He studied at the Krakow Academy of Fine Art and in Vienna, Munich, and Paris before World War I. Gotlib became the leader of the Polish avant-garde 'Formist' movement and exhibited in Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris.

    Henryk Gotlib was also a writer and teacher in Poland. In 1939, he was forced into exile and settled in Britain, where he exhibited with the London Group. Gotlib's work in figure painting represents an important element in the development of British modern art. He painted still lifes, landscapes, nudes, and portraits. Gotlib authored the book 'Wedrówki painarza'

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