Zbylut Grzywacz

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thumb|right|Zbylut Grzywacz, "Kolejka jeszcze trwa" ("The line-up still continues"), 1973, acrylic on canvas, 135x170 cm, National Museum, Kraków] Zbylut Grzywacz (June 4, 1939 – July 16, 2004) was a Polish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków with paintings in permanent collections of the National Museum in Kraków, Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk and Wrocław ( _pl. Muzeum Narodowe). Grzywacz took part in over a hundred Polish and international art exhibits, with around 40 one-man shows to his credit.

Grzywacz studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and received his Master’s degree in 1963 in Emil Krcha atelier. He worked at the Academy as a teaching assistant in the Department of Painting since 1972 and in 1991 became the professor there. Interned during the martial law of 1981 Grzywacz was an active supporter of the dissident movement in communist Poland.

Major series of paintings

*1965-69 - Orantki, świadkowie, mówcy, padający ("Oracles, Witnesses, Speakers, and the Falling")
*1966-67 - Utrwalone ("Preserved"), reliefs
*1971-75 - Człowiek bez jakości ("Man without quality"), paintings and assemblage
*1970-75 - Lalki ("Dolls")
*1971-79 - Opuszczona ("Abandoned")
*1974-79 - Domy ("Homes")
*1976-81 - Cykl wołowy ("Beef series")
*1982-88 - Dwoje ("The Two")
*1982-86 - Kolejka ("The Lineup")
*1987-93 - Oddalona ("Distant She")
*1994 - 9 obrazów ("9 Paintings")

ee also

* Culture of Kraków

External links

* [http://encyklopedia.interia.pl/haslo?hid=73148 Zbylut Grzywacz in Polish online encyclopedia ("text in Polish")]
* [http://www.malagaleria.pl/wyst_poprz/festival8/zbylut/zbylut.htm Pictures of an exhibition of paintings by Grzywacz ("caption in Polish")]
* [http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/os_grzywacz_zbylut Zbylut Grzywacz at www.culture.pl ("text in Polish")]