Bernard FRYDRYSIAK, RETURN FROM THE PLENARY, 1934

Oil, canvas; 65 x 69.5 cm
Signed p.d.: B. Frydrysiak / 1934; on the reverse: "Return from plein air" / B.T. Frydrysiak / 1934
Asking price 18000
Estimate 25000 - 30000
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Bernard FRYDRYSIAK
1908 Warsaw - 1970 New York
In 1928-34 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with Tadeusz Pruszkowski and Władysław Skoczylas. He was a member of the group Czerń i Biel and the Brotherhood of St. Luke. He lived in Warsaw and from 1949 in New York. He painted portraits, landscapes and genre scenes, and was one of the co-authors of a series of historical compositions at the 1939 World Exhibition in New York. In painting he referred to the work of the small Dutch masters of the 17th century, as a graphic artist he practiced metal techniques, mainly drypoint and etching and woodcut, in which he clearly contrasted areas of black and white, and was also a good draughtsman.