Eugeniusz MARKOWSKI (1912-2007), Amazon +1+2, 1983

oil, canvas; 70 x 100 cm; signed p. d.: E.MARKOWSKI (along the edge) and p. g.: E.MARKOWSKI; on the reverse, on the painting loom, author's description: 'AMAZONKA +1+2' 70 x ol. 1983. COMPARE: Zbigniew Taranienko, Warsaw 2005, p.107, color illustration (Amazonka +1 +2 , oil, canvas, 11 6 x 140 cm).

COMPARE:
- Eugeniusz Markowski, text by Zbigniew Taranienko, Warsaw 2005, p.107, color il. (Amazon +1 +2 , ole j, canvas, 11 6 x 140 cm).

PROVENANCE:
- Purchase from the artist's legacy; - Private collection, Poland .

Eugeniusz Markowski's paintings are associated with the trend of new figuration because of the uninhibited, "wild" form of artistic expression.The artist depicts simplified, zoomorphic figures using intense, pure colors that give expressive expression to often hieratic compositions that barely fit within the canvas. In the artist's works one can look for archetypes and symbolic or moralizing-critical overtones, at the same time generalized to the primal needs or characteristics of the human race. Some of Markovsky's compositions are accompanied by literary quotations included in the margins of the paintings, providing a commentary on what is depicted
by the artist. A painter, he graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 1938, but initially devoted himself to a career as a diplomat and journalist. He returned to Poland in 1955 and only then began to paint. Eugeniusz Markowski created series of paintings with analogous titles, but different numbers.