Ignatius Czwartos, WITHOUT TITLE, 2010-2013

180,0 x 90,0 cm - oil, canvas signed on the reverse on f. g.: IGNACY CZWARTOS | 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 | [up arrow mark].



The painting exhibited and reproduced:

- Pracownia ul. Legionów Piłsudskiego, catalog of the exhibition by Marek Chlanda, Ignacy Czwartos, Koji Kamoji, Krzysztof Klimek and Piotr Lutyoski, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA Katowice 17 V 2013 - 16 VI 2013, painting shown in photographs of the studio, p. nlb.



The portrait was commissioned by the current owner after an exhibition of paintings by Ignacy Czwartos at Otwarta Pracownia in Krakow, Poland, in February 2010. At that exhibition, Czwartos became known as an excellent portraitist, as evidenced by portraits of his friends Piotr Lutyski and Adam Rzepecki, as well as self-portraits that later opened an exhibition of Czwartos' paintings at Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery in 2023. The dating of the portrait on the back is illustrative of the creative process: "2010-2011-2012-2013," testifying to the gradual, unhurried "maturation" of the painting, a characteristic of the creative method practiced by the artist. Czwartos creates slowly, without haste, and is also reluctant to part with his works, resulting in the rare appearance of his paintings at auctions. The two works presented at our auction come from a collection carefully selected by the artist's friends, created in the first decade of our century.

Additional photographs - a view of the studio with the featured painting on an easel and the artist at work.



♣ to the auctioned price, in addition to other costs, will be added a fee resulting from the right of the artist and his heirs to receive remuneration in accordance with the Law of February 4, 1994 - on copyright and related rights (droit de suite)

Ignacy Czwartos (Kielce 1966, lives in Cracow) - painter, draughtsman, co-founder of the gallery and the Association OTWARTA PRACOWNIA (1995). He has served as president of the association since January 2006. Member of ZPAP. In addition to painting, he does press and book illustration. He lives and works in Cracow. He is a well-known illustrator, author of drawings from "Przekroj" or "Gazeta Wyborcza" magazine.

He graduated from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan - Department of Art Education in Kalisz. A student of Jerzy Nowosielski. He received his diploma in 1993 in the studio of "alternative methods of art didactics", which was led by Tadeusz Wolanski, a student of Władysław Strzeminski and assistant of Jerzy Nowosielski.

His works have been presented in many exhibitions, individual and collective, including in Krakow, Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Lublin, Kielce, Zielona Gora, as well as Geneva, Erfurt. In 2023 in a solo exhibition at the National Art Gallery "Zachęta" in Warsaw.