Władysław Strzemiński (1893 Minsk Litewski - 1952 Lodz), "Boy with a Pot," 1949

Origin
collection of Niki Strzeminska, Warsaw
DESA Unicum, 2018
private collection, Poland

Exhibited
Workshop of Władysław Strzeminski, Anna Wesołowska Gallery, Łódź 1985

Literature
Wladyslaw Strzeminski Workshop, Anna Wesolowska Gallery, Lodz, June 1985, item 83 (ill.).
Władysław Strzemiński 1893-1952. on the centenary of his birth, catalog of the exhibition at the Museum of Art in Lodz, [ed.] Jadwiga Janik, Zenobia Karnicka and Janina Ładnowska, Museum of Art, Lodz 1994, p. 236, item VI.115 (ill.)

Biography
He began his artistic education in 1918 with classes from the First State Free Studio in Moscow. During this time he established artistic contacts with Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin. In 1921 he moved to Vilna, where he co-organized the New Art Exhibition (1923) and the Block Cubist, Suprematist and Constructivist groups. He was a member of the international group Abstraction-Creation. Since 1931 he has been in Lodz, where he co-founded the International Collection of Modern Art. After 1945, he is engaged in teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. He contributed much to the world avant-garde with his work. World critics rank Strzeminski among the top artists of the 20th century.