Marian Czapla Explained

Marian Czapla (28 July 1946  - 12 January 2016) was a Polish painter and graphic artist.

Born on 28 July 1946 in Gacki near Szydłów, Czapla graduated from the School of Plastic Arts in Kielce.^{[1] [2]} He then attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and was a pupil of Stefan Gierowski (painting), Halina Chrostowska, and Joseph Pakulski (graphics).^[1]

Czapla co-founded the art group Simplex S4, of which he was a member from 1974 to 1979.^[1] Since 1972 he has been a professor of painting at his former university.^[1] His works have been displayed at many solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad.^[3] The National Museum in Kielce held an exhibition from May 24 to July 28, 2002, which featured 155 pieces from three decades of Czapla's work.^[4]

He lived in Warsaw, and after 1979 was an Honorary Citizen of the municipality of Szydłów.^[5] He died on 12 January 2016, at the age of 69.^[6]

Sources

• Marian Czapla. W 30-lecie pracy twórczej. – culture.pl
• Book: Malarstwo: Marian Czapla. 1991. Legnica. Mirosław Karcz . Stefan Gierowski . Ewa Wolak . Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych . Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA Legnica. Polish.
• Book: Marian Czapla. Marian Czapla:Ecce Homo. c. 1996. Gorzów Wielkopolski. Biuro Wystaw Artystychnych. 978-83-905849-4-2. 36. Polish.
• Book: Mała Ojczyzna Świętokrzyskie Dziedzictwo kulturowe. 2002. 83-88710-43-5. 267. Polish. Okła. Grażyna.
• Book: Refleksje z życia. 2002. Krosno. Wola Sękowa. 978-83-89123-22-0. 216. Polish.
• Book: Iwona Rajkowska. Marian Czapla : w 30-lecie pracy twórczej : wystawa przygotowana przez Muzeum Narodowe w Kielcach. 2002. Kielce and Warsaw. FPSN. 978-83-916987-0-9. 155. Polish.
• Book: Marian Czapla: Malarstwo. 2009. Warsaw. Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. 978-83-61558-16-3. 128. Polish.

External links

• ArtKontakt.pl
• Kompas Sztuki
• Polish Pieta held at Cornell University's Johnson Museum of Art

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marian Czapla. Kompas Sztuki. 18 April 2011.
2. Web site: Marian Czapla . ArtKontakt.pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120225060822/http://www.artkontakt.pl/Marian_Czapla-ar-2149-16.html . 2012-02-25 .
3. Web site: List of Exhibitions on Czapla's official site. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110820155334/http://marianczapla.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=35&Itemid=55&lang=en. 2011-08-20.
4. Web site: Marian Czapla. W 30-lecie pracy twórczej – culture.pl. culture.pl. 18 April 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100501172923/http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/wy_wy_czapla_kielce. 1 May 2010.
5. Web site: Honorary Citizens of the Community of Szydłów.
6. Web site: Zmarł słynny profesor Marian Czapla!. 12 January 2016.