Krzyr
( Krzysztof Raczyński
)
Historian by education. A painter by passion. Since 1988 member of the Union of Polish Artists, Painters and Graphic Artists, and since 2000 member of the Kazimierz Art Confraternity. He had several solo exhibitions in Poland and abroad. The expressiveness of his paintings results from the spontaneous reaction to the artistic shape of Kazimierz, its colours and atmosphere. They are distinguished by their roughness, sharp colours, a certain brutality of forms, which are the features that make up the personal tone of his paintings.
Biography
Born in 1947 in Chotomow near Warsaw. Graduate of the Władysław IV High School in Warsaw's Praga district. In 1965-71 he studied at the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw, while painting and even exhibiting (1970 Pałacyk Szustra / Shustra Palace, 1971 Salon Debut Warsaw). In 1974 he was granted a license to practice as an artist by the Ministry of Culture and Art. In 1988 he was admitted to the Association of Polish Painters and Graphic Artists, and in 2000 he was one of the founders of the Kazimierz Confraternity of Art. For over 40 years he exhibited his paintings in Poland, Belgium, France, Holland, Germany and Japan.
Exhibitions
- 2013 - Myth Gallery. Exhibition from the series "Ars Seniorum", Kazimierz Dolny.
- 2014 - Pulawska Gallery of Art "New Images".
- 2016 - Bellotto Gallery Warsaw.
- 2017 - Cockpit Gallery "50 years of creative work", Kazimierz Dolny.
- 2014 - Pulawska Gallery of Art "New Images".
- 2016 - Bellotto Gallery Warsaw.
- 2017 - Cockpit Gallery "50 years of creative work", Kazimierz Dolny.
Group exhibitions
- 2014 - EFKA Art Colony Festival, Vistula Museum, Kazimierz Dolny.
- 2015 - Zachęta "Bliźniemu Swemu" exhibition, Warsaw.
- 2016 - 15 years of the Kazimierz Art Confraternity, Vistula River Museum, Kazimierz Dolny.
- 2018 - "Tous dans la ronde" , Douai , France.
- "Salles D'Anchin" , "Artistes Douaisiens", guest of honour, Douai, France.
- 2019 - Mit Gallery. "Various Paintings", together with A Mitura, Kazimierz Dolny.
- 2019 - Pod Arkadami Gallery "Paintings from Lomza", Lomza.
- 2015 - Zachęta "Bliźniemu Swemu" exhibition, Warsaw.
- 2016 - 15 years of the Kazimierz Art Confraternity, Vistula River Museum, Kazimierz Dolny.
- 2018 - "Tous dans la ronde" , Douai , France.
- "Salles D'Anchin" , "Artistes Douaisiens", guest of honour, Douai, France.
- 2019 - Mit Gallery. "Various Paintings", together with A Mitura, Kazimierz Dolny.
- 2019 - Pod Arkadami Gallery "Paintings from Lomza", Lomza.
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