Wlodzimierz Zakrzewski (1916-1992)
Title: "Trees (Warsaw - Bielany, in front of the church)".
Year: 1971
Technique: Oil on canvas, "impasto" - thick, expressive texture, intense imposition of paint, rich layering and painting gesture.
Signature: "W. Zakrzewski" and date affixed in lower right corner; handwritten inscription on reverse.
Dimensions: 116 x 81 cm
Condition: Good; no significant damage, well-preserved paint structure, clean frame.
Expressive landscape with an intensely textural structure - impasto painted scene with trees, in front of architecture. The gesture of the paint creates a dramatic expression, combining elements of abstraction with impressionistic landscape. This is Zakrzewski's typical approach - a sensual record of nature in the form of an almost sculptural oil layer.
Włodzimierz Zakrzewski (St. Petersburg 1916 - Warsaw 1992) was an outstanding Polish painter and educator. He trained at the Warsaw School of Decorative Arts and Painting, and after the war became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, he traveled abroad, during which he created numerous series of landscapes and vedutas - including those of Italy, France and the USA. His work has been exhibited in many renowned galleries in Poland and abroad.
