![]() ![]() His images are elegant: while there are many details in the images, there tends only to be one central focus and then distant secondary or tertiary focal points. Beksiński’s surrealist vision rivals the greats in art history. ![]() He’s a cornerstone of contemporary fantastic art, dark surrealism, or “horror art”– depending upon who is describing the work. I always find myself returning to Beksiński for inspiration. ![]() He survived World War II and continued to draw provocative pieces during Communist times in Poland, when many forms of art were frowned upon, especially by the Soviet Government. He studied architecture at the Krakow University of Technology. Zdzisław Beksiński was born on 24 February 1929 in Sanok, southern Poland. ![]() The second period contained more abstract style, with the main features of formalism. The first period of work is generally considered to contain expressionistic color, with a strong style of “utopian realism” and surreal architecture, like a doomsday scenario. His creations were made mainly in two periods. Beksiński did his paintings and drawings in what he called either a ‘Baroque’ or a ‘Gothic’ manner. Zdzisław Beksiński was a Polish painter, photographer and sculptor, specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. ![]()
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