Czeslaw Rzepinski, STILL LIFE WITH A TREE AND PATTERN

50.5 x 61cm - oil, canvas

Signed p.g.: Rzepinski


Czeslaw Rzepinski (Strusow near Trembowla 1905 - Krakow 1995) began his studies at the Ludwika Mehoffer Free School of Painting in 1923. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in 1925-1929, and finally at the Paris Branch of the Academy of Fine Arts, led by Professor Jozef Pankiewicz. From 1931 he exhibited with the "Zwornik" group. In 1945-1947, he was president of ZPAP. He also worked as an educator, including running courses for drawing teachers at the Krzemieniec High School (1935-1939), and from 1945 until his retirement in 1973 he taught at his alma mater, from 1948 as a professor. From 1954 to 1967 he was rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. In his painting he referred to the tradition of Post-Impressionism. Throughout his life, he was a consistent colorist, treating the motif or subject of a painting as a pretext for free play of colors and sometimes decorative solutions, which was facilitated by his characteristic handling of the brush with small, circular movements. Wieslaw Ochman, a devoted collector of his works, contributed to the popularization of Rzepinski's art.