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1922 Warsaw, Poland - 2015 Warsaw, Poland. Known for: Abstract-illusion and optical art painting, social realism, posters.
Following is The New York Times obituary of Wojciech Fangor by William Grimes, November 9, 2015. Wojciech Fangor, one of the most distinctive painters to emerge from postwar Poland, died on Oct. 25... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Wojciech Fangor by William Grimes, November 9, 2015. Wojciech Fangor, one of the most distinctive painters to emerge from postwar Poland, died on Oct. 25 in Warsaw. He was 92. ??. His death was confirmed by Prof. Margaret Soltan of George Washington... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Wojciech Fangor by William Grimes, November 9, 2015. Wojciech Fangor, one of the most distinctive painters to emerge from postwar Poland, died on Oct. 25 in Warsaw. He was 92. ??. His death was confirmed by Prof. Margaret Soltan of George Washington University, a family friend. Mr. Fangor, who was known for his blurred circles, amoebas and cloud shapes in dense, saturated colors that seemed to throb and swirl, first became known in the United States... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Wojciech Fangor by William Grimes, November 9, 2015. Wojciech Fangor, one of the most distinctive painters to emerge from postwar Poland, died on Oct. 25 in Warsaw. He was 92. ??. His death was confirmed by Prof. Margaret Soltan of George Washington University, a family friend. Mr. Fangor, who was known for his blurred circles, amoebas and cloud shapes in dense, saturated colors that seemed to throb and swirl, first became known in the United States in the 1960s, when his work was included in two group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1970, he had a one-man show at the Guggenheim Museum. His work, perched midway between Color Field painting and Op Art, dazzled critics,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of Wojciech Fangor by William Grimes, November 9, 2015. Wojciech Fangor, one of the most distinctive painters to emerge from postwar Poland, died on Oct. 25 in Warsaw. He was 92. ??. His death was confirmed by Prof. Margaret Soltan of George Washington University, a family friend. Mr. Fangor, who was known for his blurred circles, amoebas and cloud shapes in dense, saturated colors that seemed to throb and swirl, first became known in the United States in the 1960s, when his work was included in two group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1970, he had a one-man show at the Guggenheim Museum. His work, perched midway between Color Field painting and Op Art, dazzled critics, notably John Canaday of The New York Times, who reviewed the work in rapturous tones. “As a colorist he ha... Read full biography
Wojcieck (Voy) Fangor - Artist Info
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Colorist
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Poster Art, Poster Design
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Op Art, Optical
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Environment
- •Social Realism
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Germany After 1900
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Polish
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting