The Bochum Art Museum – the Collection of Polish Art

Danuta Karsten (*1963 Mała Słońca, lives in Recklinghausen)

No title, 1999

Paper, wood glue, textile threads, Plexiglass, 50 x 50 cm

Danuta Karsten, born 1963 in Mała Słońca (south of Danzig/Gdańsk), lives in Recklinghausen. Studies: 1983-85 State College of Visual Arts, Danzig (sculpture); 1986-93 Düsseldorf Art Academy under Klaus Rinke (master student) and Günther Uecker. 1998 Special prize from the Lovis-Corinth-Preis of the Esslingen Artists’ Guild. 2009 Guest Professor in Danzig. 2012 Sprecial prize from the Flottmann-Hallen, Herne. Solo exhibitions since 1994, amongst others, in Essen, Recklinghausen, Regensburg, Herne, Münster, Remscheid, Bochum, Danzig, Otterndorf, Reutlingen. More

Aleksander Kobzdej (1920 Olesko/Ukraine -1972 Warsaw)

Wide Gap between the Sky and Nature, 1969

Synthetic material, oil on canvas, 138 x 130 cm

Aleksander Kobzdej, born 1920 in Olesko/Ukraine, died 1972 in Warsaw. Studies: 1939-41 faculty of architecture at the Technical College in Lwów/Lemberg (now Lwiw); 1945, Academy of Visual Arts, Kraków (painting under Eugeniusz Eibisch); 1945-55, Assistant to Władysław Lam at the department of drawing and painting in the Technical College in Danzig/Gdańsk (1946, diploma in construction engineering). 1943, deported to Germany; flight to Yugoslavia. 1945, return to Poland. 1946-51, lecturer at the Sopot Art College (initially as an Assistant to Józef Wnuk), 1951-72 lecturer at the Academy of Visual Arts, Warsaw (faculty of interior architecture, from 1954 for painting, there 1955 diploma; dean on several occasions). 1958 part-time (1971 full time) Professor. 1965-66, chair of painting at the College of Visual Arts in Hamburg. 1952, Golden Cross of Merit. 1954, Venice Biennale. 1957, Study trips to Italy, Austria, France and Switzerland, 1960 through the USA, to England and in the Netherlands. 1959, Sao Paulo Biennale. 1964, Documenta III, Kassel. 1966, Herder prize from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S., Hamburg, for a scholarship at the University of Vienna. Solo exhibitions since 1953 in Peking, Warsaw, Budapest, Paris, New York, Kraków, Freiburg, Copenhagen, Essen, Berlin and Stettin/Sczcecin. Works in countless Polish museums, in Bochum, New York, Stockholm, and Belgrade. More

Zofia Kulik (*1947 Breslau/Wrocław, lives in Łomianki-Dąbrowa)

Who conquers the World, 1994

Multipart black and white photograph, 302.5 x 656.5 cm

Zofia Kulik, born 1947 in Breslau/Wrocław, lives in Łomianki-Dąbrowa. Married to the painter, sculptor, installation and performance artist Przemysław Kwiek (*1945). Studies: 1965-71 Academy of Visual Arts, Warsaw (Sculpture under Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz, Oskar Hansen). 1970-87, Kulik sets up the artist duo KwieKulik with P. Kwiek. 1997, Venice Biennale. 2007, Documenta 12, Kassel. Since 1971, exhibitions by KwieKulik in Elbląg, Malmö, New York. Solo exhibitions since 1990 in New York, Warsaw, Prague, Kraków, Bochum, Rostock, Berlin. Works in Amsterdam, Bochum and in countless Polish museums. More

Jan Lebenstein (1930 Brest-Litowsk/Brześć Litewski - 1999 Kraków)

Figure no. 156, 1962

Oil on canvas, 180 x 96 cm

Jan Lebenstein, born 1930 in Brest-Litowsk/Brześć Litewski, died 1999 in Kraków. Studies: 1948-54, Academy of Visual Arts in Warsaw (painting under Kazimierz Tomorowicz, Eugeniusz Eibisch and Artur Nacht-Samborski). 1949-55, Assistant at the Warsaw Academy. 1959 onwards, resides in Paris; 1971, French citizenship. 1959, Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris; Documenta II, Kassel. 1987, Jan Cybis prize. 1998, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Solo exhibitions since 1959 in Poland, Paris, New York, Brussels, Cologne, Berlin, and Chicago. Works in countless Polish and international museums. More

Zbigniew Makowski (*1930 Warsaw, lives there)

1 ½ Mandala, 1964

Incl. water colour on paper, 48 x 61 cm

Zbigniew Makowski, born 1930 in Warsaw, lives there. Studies: 1950-56, Academy of Visual Arts, Warsaw (painting under Kazimierz Tomorowicz, diploma). 1962/63, stay in Paris; gets to know André Breton. Takes part in the “Mouvement surréaliste et Mouvement Phases” exhibition in Paris. 1963, Sao Paulo Biennale. 1972, Venice Biennale. 1992, Jan Cybis prize. Study trips to Dresden, Leningrad, Venice, Budapest, Yugoslavia, Vienna and Provence. Solo exhibitions since 1957 in Warsaw, Poznań, New York, Miami, Lausanne, Düsseldorf, Bochum, St. Gallen, Zurich, Paris, Bologna, Mantua, Kraków and Danzig/Gdańsk. Works in Amsterdam, Bochum, Mannheim, New York, Paris, Prague, Rio de Janeiro and in Polish museums. More

Adam Myjak (*1947 Stary Sącz, lives in Warsaw)

Head, ca. 1986

Bronze, 40 x 44 x 38 cm

Adam Myjak, born 1947 in Stary Sącz, lives in Warsaw. Studies: 1965-71, Academy of Visual Arts, Warsaw (sculpture under Stanisław Kulon et al., diploma). 1979-81, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Scholarship, Duisburg; Guest lecturer at the University of Duisburg. 1982 onwards, lecturer at the Department of Sculpture at the Academy of Visual Arts, Warsaw; 1990, Professor; 1990, ’96, ’99, 2012 Dean. 2005, Gloria Artis Gold Medal from the Ministry of Culture. Solo exhibitions since 1970 in Warsaw, Bydgoszcz, Stettin/Szczecin, Poznań, Amsterdam, Duisburg, Łódź, Kraków, Bochum, Prague, Orońsko, Białystok, Sopot and Lublin. Works in Bochum, Duisburg, St. Urban, Chicago and in countless Polish museums. More

Henryk Stażewski (1894 Warsaw -1988 Warsaw)

Relief no. 26/1968, 1968

Oil on hard fibre, 60 x 60 cm

Henryk Stażewski, born 1894 in Warsaw, died there in 1988. Studies: 1913-19 Academy of Visual Arts, Warsaw (painting under Stanisław Lentz). 1924, co-founder of the constructivist group “Blok” (along with Władysław Strzemiński, Henryk Berlewi and others), 1926, co-founder of the group “Praesens”, 1929, of the group “a.r”. 1925-27, several stays in Paris; gets to know Michel Seuphor, Piet Mondrian, Georges Vantongerloo, Paul Dermée, Céline Arnauld. 1927, gets to know Kasimir Malevich in Warsaw. 1928, Salon d’Automne, Paris. 1929, foreign member of the Paris group, “Cercle et Carré”, 1931, ditto of the “Abstraction-Création” group. 1939, his Warsaw apartment and workshop are destroyed by bombs; his complete work is lost. 1946, new artistic start with figurative compositions. 1955, Gold Cross of Merit. 1966, Venice Biennale. 1972, Herder prize from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S. in Hamburg, for a scholarship at the University of Vienna. Solo exhibitions since 1933 in Warsaw, from 1955 in Warsaw, Rome, London, Chicago, Breslau/Wrocław, Łódź, Prague, Brussels, Cologne, Bydgoszcz and Hamburg. Works in Amsterdam, Berkeley, Bochum, the Hague, London, New York, Otterlo, Prague, St. Gallen, Rotterdam and in countless Polish museums. More

Władysław Strzemiński (1893 Minsk - 1952 Łódź)

Green red architecture, 1928

Oil on cardboard, 48 x 30 cm

Władysław Strzemiński, born 1893 in Minsk, died 1952 in Łódź. 1911-14, Studies at the Military School of Engineering in Saint Petersburg. From 1914, military service as an officer; 1916 severely wounded and a lifelong physical handicap. Meets Katarzyna Kobro in the field hospital. 1918/19, studies at the Free State Art Atelier (SVOMA) in Moscow. 1919, works in the Department of Art in the Commissariat for People’s Education in Minsk, 1919/20, lives in Smolensk where he is a member of the UNOVIS group. 1921, marries the sculptress Katarzyna Kobro, who had studied at the Moscow Art School between 1917 and 1920. 1921-26, teacher at drawing and secondary schools in Wilna/Vilnius, Vilejka Powiatowa (now White Russia), Szczekociny and Brzeziny. Works for the Kraków periodical “Zwrotnica” (The Points), 1923, at the exhibiton of modern art in Vilna. 1924 in Warsaw co-founder of the constructivist group “Blok” (along with Henryk Berlewi, Henryk Stażewski, Katarzyna Kobro and others). 1931, moves to Łódź. 1932, foreign member of the Paris group “Abstraction-Création”. From 1945, founds and teaches at the College of Visual Arts, Łódź; 1950,sacked for his lack of respect for socialist realism. Solo exhibitions since 1927 in Warsaw, Poznań, Lwów/Lwiw, Łódź; posthumous: Düsseldorf, Łódź, Warsaw, Bonn, Appeldoorn, Las Palmas. Works in Bochum, Jerusalem, New York, Otterlo, St. Petersburg, Stuttgart and in countless Polish museums (above all in the Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź). More

Władysław Strzemiński (1893 Minsk - 1952 Łódź)

Sea landscape, 1934

Gouache, 21 x 27 cm

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Jan Tarasin (1926 Kalisz - 2009 Warsaw)

Large Beach, 1964

Oil on canvas, 95 x 125 cm

Jan Tarasin, born 1926 in Kalisz, died 2009 in Warsaw. Studies: 1946-51, Academy of Visual Arts, Kraków (painting under Zbigniew Pronaszko, Zygmunt Rudnicki; drawing under Andrzej Jurkiewicz). 1962, travels to China and Vietnam. 1962, member of the post-Second World War Kraków group (Grupa Krakowska II). 1963-67, lecturer at the faculty of interior architecture in Kraków. Travels to the Netherlands, France and Sweden. 1965, Sao Paulo Biennale. 1967, settles in Warsaw. 1974-96, lecturer in painting at the Academy of Visual Arts, Warsaw; 1985 associate Professor; 1987-90, Dean. 1984, Jan Cybis prize. 2005, Gloria Artis Gold medal from the Ministry of Culture. Solo exhibitions since 1957 in Warsaw, Nowa Huta, Paris, Rotterdam, Uppsala, Kraków, Lublin, Tokyo, Poznań, Stettin/Szczecin, Leipzig, Cologne, Bielefeld, Sopot, and Płock. Works in Bochum, New York, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Washington and in countless Polish museums. More