Paintings by Ryszard Winiarski wanted
Paintings, objects, prints and drawings, from any period and any series. I buy directly from private owners, without commission or auctions. A fair price, prompt payment, complete discretion. Correspondence in English or Polish is equally welcome.
Get in touchAny work. Any period. Any series.
I buy directly from private owners, without auction fees or gallery commission. I am interested in every period and series.
"Areas" (Obszary)
Compositions of black and white squares, such as Area 144 (Obszar 144). Any size and year.
"Games" (Gry)
Works from the "Games" and "A Hundred Events" (Sto zdarzeń) series, compositions decided by drawing lots.
Objects and reliefs
Three-dimensional objects, reliefs, spatial forms.
Prints and drawings
Prints, screenprints, drawings. Works on paper from any period.
Any condition
Including works in need of restoration, without a frame, or of uncertain provenance.
Ryszard Winiarski
1936–2006He was born on 2 May 1936 in Lwów (now Lviv). From 1953 to 1959 he studied precision mechanics at the Warsaw University of Technology, and from 1958 to 1966 painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, in the studio of Aleksander Kobzdej.
He joined constructivism with the theory of chance and created a mathematical system for generating forms: the arrangement of black and white fields on the canvas was decided by drawing lots. The "Area" and "Games" series grew out of this method. In 1987 he began making geometric compositions of lit grave candles, Geometry, or a Chance for Meditation (Geometria, czyli szansa medytacji).
He taught at the Warsaw Academy and was its pro-rector from 1985 to 1990. He won the Jan Cybis Prize (1995). His works are in collections including the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź and the National Museum in Kraków. He died on 4 December 2006 and is buried in the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw.
- 1936Born on 2 May in Lwów.
- 1953–1959Precision mechanics, Warsaw University of Technology.
- 1958–1966Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, studio of Aleksander Kobzdej.
- 1977Area 144, A Hundred Events.
- 1978, 1981The "Games" series.
- 1985–1990Pro-rector of the Warsaw Academy.
- 1987Geometry, or a Chance for Meditation, compositions of candles.
- 1995Jan Cybis Prize.
- 2006Dies on 4 December.
Direct purchase
I buy directly from owners, with no auction or gallery.
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Prices based on current market data. No pressure.
Complete discretion
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