Tytus Czyżewski (28 December 1880 in Przyszowa â€" 5 May 1945 in
Kraków) was a Polish painter, art theoretician, Futurist poet,
playwright, member of the Polish Formists, and Colorist.In 1902 he
studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in the painting studios
of Józef Mehoffer and Leon Wyczółkowski. Czyżewski travelled to
Paris and learned from the artistic trends there. He began exhibiting
in 1906. Czyżewski painting style was highly influenced by Cézanne
and El Greco, whose work he admired until his death.In 1917, with the
brothers Zbigniew and Andrzej Pronaszko, he organized in Kraków an
exhibition of Polish Expressionist works. The group later became known
as the Polish Formists. Until the break-up of the Formists in 1922, he
was the primary artist and theoretician behind the movement as well as
the joint editor of the periodical Formiści. He was also co-founder
of the Polish Futurist clubs, and published Futurist-inspired "visual
poetry." Czyżewski brief flirted with Surrealism and spent the rest
of his life as a Colorist.
Kraków) was a Polish painter, art theoretician, Futurist poet,
playwright, member of the Polish Formists, and Colorist.In 1902 he
studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in the painting studios
of Józef Mehoffer and Leon Wyczółkowski. Czyżewski travelled to
Paris and learned from the artistic trends there. He began exhibiting
in 1906. Czyżewski painting style was highly influenced by Cézanne
and El Greco, whose work he admired until his death.In 1917, with the
brothers Zbigniew and Andrzej Pronaszko, he organized in Kraków an
exhibition of Polish Expressionist works. The group later became known
as the Polish Formists. Until the break-up of the Formists in 1922, he
was the primary artist and theoretician behind the movement as well as
the joint editor of the periodical Formiści. He was also co-founder
of the Polish Futurist clubs, and published Futurist-inspired "visual
poetry." Czyżewski brief flirted with Surrealism and spent the rest
of his life as a Colorist.
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