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Picture Z. 6, 1959
Picture Z. 6' from 1959 by Jerzy Tchórzewski is an oil on canvas measuring 150 x 76 cm, signed in the lower left corner: J. Tchórzewski 59. On the back there is a paper label from the Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions describing the work as well as an Italian customs stamp. The painting fits into the artist's unique style, who rejected socialist realism and colorism, moving towards surrealism and surrealistic painting. It is characterized by visions of cosmic cataclysms, dynamic texture, and expressive play of light and shadow. Depictions of titanic figures and zigzag strips of matter create tense, original compositions. 'Picture Z. 6' was exhibited in Venice in 1959 at the 'Pittura polacca contemporanea' exhibition and appeared at auction in Drouot-Richelieu in 2016.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Jerzy Tchórzewski
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Date of birth and death
24 April 1928 – 25 December 1999
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Natinality
Polish
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Style
Surrealist influenced figurative painting; expressive abstract painting
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Significant works
Participation in the first Modern Art Exhibition in Krakow, expressive abstract paintings, poetry collections, memoirs
Information about the work
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Year:
1959
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Execution technique:
oil on canvas
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Theme:
surrealism, abstraction, expressionism, cosmic cataclysms, light and shadow
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The painting shows the forces of nature and the cosmos through dynamic, electrifying lines and forms symbiotically combining light with shadow. Tchórzewski's paintings are full of mythological allusions and visions of the microcosm in the chaos of cosmic phenomena.
The key to interpreting the work
Interpretation should consider the expressive texture, symbolic use of light and shadow, and allusions to mythology and forces of nature characteristic of the artist's work.Auction information
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Estimated price:
120 000 - 200 000 zł
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Auction price:
170 000 zł
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