Description
Oil, canvas; 92.5 x 73.5 cm
Signed p.d.: Klimek
on the reverse a sticker Galerie Saint-Paul de Vence, La Placette
Asking price 10000
Estimate 13000 - 15000
◙ droit de suite
Auction 203, 19.06.2021
Ludwik KLIMEK
1912 Skoczów - 1992 Nice
In Skoczów, he was one of Gustaw Morcinek's students. After passing his matriculation exam, he began studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. In the spring of 1939, he received a scholarship and left for Paris, where he decided to stay upon learning of the outbreak of war. After the occupation of Paris by the Wehrmacht, he took refuge in Aix-en-Provence, where a branch of the Krakow Academy, already led by Prof. Waclaw Zawadowski at the time, had moved from Paris. After 1947, he moved to Menton. While working as a painter in 1951/52 in Vallauris, he met Pablo Picasso, who was living and working there at the time. Klimek was also friends with Chagall and Matiss, with the latter founding and running the Biennale Internationale d'Art de Menton in 1951. His works were awarded a silver medal in 1951 and 1953, and he had exhibitions in renowned galleries around the world. The influence of Picasso and Chagall can be seen in his art.
