Lech Kunka - Artist Info

About Lech Kunka

  • Biography from Desa Unicum

    Painter, cartoonist, set designer. He studied at the Łódź PWSSP under the direction of Władysław Strzemiński. He was on a scholarship to Paris from 1948-49, where he attended Fernand Léger's Académie Moderne. He co-founded the ST-53 GROUP. In the 1950s, he painted dynamic paintings with geometrically simplified human and animal figures. In the late 1950s, he began to be fascinated by the matter and texture of the painting. Around 1970, his "structural (biological) painting is transformed into constructivist (geometric) painting. He was a participant of the KOSZALIN OUTDOORS in Osieki (1964), BIENNALE OF SPATIAL FORMS in Elbląg (1965). He was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland (1964) and the award of the Minister of Culture and Art for pedagogical activity (1967). He studied art in the years 1945-1951 in the Łódź State Higher School of Fine Arts under the direction of W. Strzemiński. He improved his painting skills in France in the period 1948-1949 in the F studio. Léger. After receiving his diploma, he taught at his home university. He was one of the creators of the St-53 group. He participated in the National Exhibition of Young Arts "Against War, Against Fascism" in the Warsaw Arsenal in 1955 and in the 2nd Exhibition of Modern Art in Warsaw in 1957. He practiced painting and drawing techniques, dealt with scenography, created spatial forms.

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