Alfred Lenica

Alfred Lenica a adăugat o fotografie

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Alfred

Alfred Lenica (August 4, 1899 in Pabianice - April 16, 1977 in Warsaw) was a Polish painter.

Alfred Lenica a adăugat o fotografie

acum 9 ore

R.I.P
Alfred

Biography Alfred Lenica's father was a foreman at a Kindler factory before being fired for drunkenness, for which he was sent to a psychiatric hospital. In moments of sobriety, the father would easily draw various animals for his son. Alfred became an orphan at the age of 10. He began his studies in 1922 at the Faculty of Law and Economics of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. At the same time, he studied music at the Conservatory of Music. He deepened his interests in painting under the supervision of Piotr Kubowicz, studying at the Poznań Institute of Fine Arts run by Adam Hannytkiewicz. In the 1930s, Lenica painted figurative paintings, mainly still lifes and landscapes, inspired by cubism. At the beginning of World War II, the Lenica family, displaced from Poznań, went to Kraków. The war was a turning point in the painter's career. The Kraków artistic community centered around Tadeusz Kantor, and especially his friendship with Jerzy Kujawski, deepened the painter's interest in the avant-garde. In 1945, Lenica returned to Poznań, where he became involved in artistic activity. In 1947, he became a co-founder of the avant-garde group 4F+R. After years of trials and exploration, Lenica increasingly gravitated…Citește mai mult