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ROMAN MODZELEWSKI
Born in 1912 in Łoździeje,
Lithuania, died in 1997 in Lodz, Poland. Studied at the Academy of fine Arts in
Warsaw, under the supervision of Felicjan Kowarski and Leonard Pękalski.
Master’s degree in painting in 1946. In year 1937 participated in Polish
section’s exposition at the World Exhibition in Paris. He co-organized the
beginnings of the Academy of fine Arts in Lodz, where he was a professor for 37
years and a provost for 12 years. At first Modzelewski created his works under
the influence of impressionism. Inspired by Strzeminski’s “solarism” he
experimented with form and colour. In the 40. and 50. he started to create
simple and clear compositions based on abstraction and geometry. .
Roman Modzelewski was also a avant-garde designer. He was one of the first
artists in Poland, experimenting with plastic in the 50. The first prototype of Modzelewski’s two
armchairs was presented in Warsaw in 1957. One of the greatest designer – Le
Corbusier - was interested in buying Modzelewski’s patent from the year 1961 -
his most known model of a plastic armchair. Le Corbusier intented to implement
this model in to mass production. Unfortunately, at that time cooperation
between Poland and France was practically impossible. After many years of
trying to realise Le Corbusier’s and Modzelewski’s plans, the boundary turned
out to be insurmountable. In the 60. Modzelewski
processed the „Silhoulette” – Poland’s first plastic yacht, designed by an
English constructor, Tucker. In the 70. and 80. Modzelewski designed another
famous yahts: „Amulet” and “Talizman”.
Modzelewski’ s paintings are in many collections in museums in Poland and abroad
(amongs others: Museum of Art in Lodz, National Museum in Warsaw, Museum in
Vienna), and in many private collections
Kompozycja
pos.1376
1953, mix. technique, 73
x 110 cm
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