Henryk Stazewski - Artist Info

About Henryk Stazewski

  • Biography from Agra Art S.A.

    Henryk Stazewski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1913-1920. In the beginning of his carrier he painted still life and exhibited temporarily with the "Formist" group (1922). He also took part in the New Art Exhibition in Vilnius in 1923. From that time on his creations became closer to the constructivism stream.

    Beside painting he was also engaged in book graphic, interior design, and scenography. The Polish and international vanguard groups he exhibited with and cooperated as a publisher where: "The Block", Praesens(1926-30), "Cercle et Carré"(1929-1931), "Abstraction-Création"(1931-1939), "a.r." (1932-1939).

    He was also a member of the Community of Advertising Graphic Artists (1933-1939). In 1930 he helped to organize the gathering of works of the vanguard artistic stream artists destined for Lódz museum. After World War II he settled and worked in Warsaw becoming the patron of the Polish artistic vanguard. He created a cycle of works which were a study of surfaces, lines and colors in different arrangements.
  • Biography from Desa Unicum

    Henryk Stazewski was a prominent figure in the Polish avant-garde art scene of the 20th century. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and initially painted still lifes before transitioning to constructivism under the influence of avant-garde movements. Stazewski exhibited with various avant-garde groups and was known for his abstract compositions and theoretical works. He co-organized a collection of works by international avant-garde artists and later focused on abstraction with a constructivist origin. Despite experimenting with figurative art in the 1940s and 1950s, he is widely recognized as a patron of the Polish avant-garde for his contributions to abstract art.
  • Biography from Polswissart

    Henryk Stazewski, a prominent figure in Polish postwar art, was a painter and pioneer of the avant-garde movements of Constructivism and geometric abstraction. He was born in Poland and studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Stazewski co-founded various avant-garde groups and was closely connected to global avant-garde artists. His work evolved from Cubist drawings to geometric abstraction, with a focus on regular compositional rhythm. In 1982, a solo exhibition of his abstract compositions was held at the Annely Juda Gallery in London.

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