Marian Czapla

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Marian Czapla". Kompas Sztuki. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Marian Czapla". ArtKontakt.pl. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25.
  3. ^ "List of Exhibitions on Czapla's official site". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20.
  4. ^ "Marian Czapla. W 30-lecie pracy twórczej – culture.pl". culture.pl. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Honorary Citizens of the Community of Szydłów".
  6. ^ "Zmarł słynny profesor Marian Czapla!". 12 January 2016.

Sources

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



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