Jerzy POGORZELSKI (1926-2003), Forest Landscape

oil, panel, 59 x 69 cm,
Signed p.d.: J. Pogorzelski.


Jerzy POGORZELSKI (1926-2003)
Painter, born in Kulbaki near Grodno, from 1947 to 1953 he studied at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Minsk, in the studio of Prof. Sukhovarchev (diploma in 1953). In 1958, on the basis of the agreement on the repatriation of Poles, he came to the country and settled in Częstochowa. He was a member of ZPAP and Associacion Internationale des Arts Plastiques. He had more than 20 solo exhibitions in Poland and abroad and participated in more than 70 group exhibitions. He is the author of landscapes, still lifes and portraits. "Color, first and foremost, color matters to me. In fact, I have always been fascinated by the Impressionists. This is said in the environment to be an old, outdated story, but I have never chased fashion and came to the conclusion that despite everything, despite moments of breakdown , one must remain true to oneself." ("Memory and Image. Jerzy Pogorzelski painting and drawing", Municipal Art Gallery in Częstochowa, Częstochowa 2007, pp. 15, 95).