Collection

Stefan Gierowski’s watercolours bring to mind notes from painting experiments, created with an intent to express a fascination with Oriental calligraphy. When working on the painting currently in the Foundation’s collection, the artist used the paintbrush in a way allowing observation of all brushstroke lines, the play of colours, the way individual hues affect one another. The work is a masterpiece of composition: the simple measure of dividing the image into two non-geometrical zones creates a space where the artist tests the capacity of lyrical abstraction.

Painter, teacher. A painting graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and art history graduate of Jagiellonian University, he was a professor at the Warsaw academy for many years. He debuted in 1955, showing his works at the legendary Against War, Against Fascism exhibition at the Warsaw Arsenal, and established relations with the Krzywe Koło Gallery in Warsaw shortly thereafter. After beginning with figurative paintings, he swiftly focused on the abstract, driven by his fascination with cubism. His art references informel art as well as constructivism. He participated in the 5^th São Paulo Art Biennial. He lives and works in Konstancin-Jeziorna.