serigraphy, paper, each work: 15 x 14 cm (clear passe-partout), signed and dated in pencil: H. Stażewski 1984
Studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1913-20. At the beginning of his career, he painted still lifes. Transiently exhibited with the Formists. He also took part in the Exhibition of New Art in Vilnius in 1923. From then on he created under the influence of Constructivism. In addition to painting compositions, he was involved in book graphics, designed interiors, furnishings, as well as set designs. Polish and international avant-garde groups, with which he exhibited and collaborated as a publicist, were, in turn: "Blok" (1924-26), "Praesens" (1926-30), "Cercle et Carré" (1929-31), "Abstraction-Création" (1931-39), "a.r." (1932-39). In 1930, he co-organized a collection of works by artists of the international avant-garde intended for the Lodz museum (now in the Museum of Art in Lodz). After World War II, he lived and worked in Warsaw. In the 1940s and 1950s he made attempts to adapt to the demands of figurative art. From this period come drawing and painting compositions on the themes of labor, construction, as well as monumental projects. After 1956, widely regarded as the patron saint of the Polish avant-garde, he already practiced exclusively abstraction of Constructivist origin. He created cycles of works that were studies of planes, lines, colors in various arrangements in relation to each other. With the appearance of cool perfection, he knew how to imbue them with the emotion of a direct touch, the trace of a hand. In addition to painting and derivative forms, such as collages, reliefs, multiples, he created spatial forms and graphics (he authorized serigraphic replicas of his works).
