Dimensions: 44 x 68 cm (inside the mat)
signed and dated lower right: 'J. Tchórzewski 81/82'
Bibliography
Jerzy Tchórzewski. The Suffering of Form. Painting. Catalog, ed. Krystyna Czerni, Józef Grabski, Kraków 2019, p. 344 (ill.)
Biography
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He was associated with the Kraków Group. He made his debut in 1948 at the First Exhibition of Modern Art in Kraków. He also exhibited with the international group Phases. He participated in the exhibition “Against War, Against Fascism” at the Arsenal in Warsaw in 1955, where he won an award. He worked as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts until his retirement in 1998. In 1986, he received the independent Jan Cybis Award. The artist’s painting, which had been close to Surrealism since his early youth—featuring fantastical creatures and figures in imaginary landscapes—evolved toward abstraction. Starting in the 1970s, he began exploring religious themes. In addition to the visual arts, Tchórzewski was also a poet. A collection of his poems from 1988–96, titled *The Eternal Beginning of a Violent Moment*, was published posthumously in 2003.





