Cybis Bolesław (ur. 1895 Massandra farm in the Crimea, zm. 1957 Trenton, New Jersey, USA).
Painter, chart, sculptor, ceramics, founding member of the Society of St.. Luke. He began his artistic studies in St. Petersburg. He continued in the Warsaw SSP in the l. 1923-26 and the Academy of Fine Arts in l. 1933-34 under the direction of T.. Pruszkowski. There, he conducted an evening drawing in the. 1937-39. W 1930 traveled to Italy and Africa; w 1939 went to New York in connection with the International Exhibition, where the outbreak of the war stopped him. After some time, he decided to settle in the United States permanently. From 1927 he exhibited a lot both individually, and with the Brotherhood. His painting was characterized by a distinct and extraordinary vision. From stylized and archaized images of Łowicz peasants, shown linearly on the model of Holbein and Clouet through images with naked black women, cacti and streets of Tripoli, he came to modeling in superimposed on the canvas “plaster” the supernatural size of female heads, peculiarly deformed, as if seen in a crooked mirror. The artist was also interested in painting technology, experimented with the texture of the image by introducing surface polishing, sub-sculpting, gilding, and also using the kind already mentioned “plaster” or by incorporating fragments of fabrics. He was also involved in decorative painting and sculpture, and after leaving for the United States, mainly in ceramics, running the Cordey China Inc. factory. and a small experimental studio Cybis Porcelain Art.
Painter, chart, sculptor, ceramics, founding member of the Society of St.. Luke. He began his artistic studies in St. Petersburg. He continued in the Warsaw SSP in the l. 1923-26 and the Academy of Fine Arts in l. 1933-34 under the direction of T.. Pruszkowski. There, he conducted an evening drawing in the. 1937-39. W 1930 traveled to Italy and Africa; w 1939 went to New York in connection with the International Exhibition, where the outbreak of the war stopped him. After some time, he decided to settle in the United States permanently. From 1927 he exhibited a lot both individually, and with the Brotherhood. His painting was characterized by a distinct and extraordinary vision. From stylized and archaized images of Łowicz peasants, shown linearly on the model of Holbein and Clouet through images with naked black women, cacti and streets of Tripoli, he came to modeling in superimposed on the canvas “plaster” the supernatural size of female heads, peculiarly deformed, as if seen in a crooked mirror. The artist was also interested in painting technology, experimented with the texture of the image by introducing surface polishing, sub-sculpting, gilding, and also using the kind already mentioned “plaster” or by incorporating fragments of fabrics. He was also involved in decorative painting and sculpture, and after leaving for the United States, mainly in ceramics, running the Cordey China Inc. factory. and a small experimental studio Cybis Porcelain Art.
Meeting, 1931
mixed technique, plate, 58 x 73 cm;
National Museum in Warsaw;
mixed technique, plate, 58 x 73 cm;
National Museum in Warsaw;
Primavera, 1936
tempera, oil, dive, 130 x 87 cm;
National Museum in Warsaw;
tempera, oil, dive, 130 x 87 cm;
National Museum in Warsaw;
