Marian Czapla

Marian Czapla is a Polish painter and graphic artist.

Born on July 28, 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).[3]

Czapla co-founded the art group Simplex S4, of which he was a member from 1974 to 1979.[4] Since 1972 he has been a professor of painting at his former university.[5] His works have been displayed at many solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad.[6] 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.[7]

He currently lives in Warsaw, and since 1979 he has been an Honorary Citizen of the municipality of Szydłów.[8]

Sources

  • Marian Czapla. W 30-lecie pracy twórczej – culture.pl
  • Mirosław Karcz, Stefan Gierowski, Ewa Wolak, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych (1991) (in Polish). Malarstwo: Marian Czapla. Legnica: Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA Legnica. 
  • Marian Czapla (ca. 1996) (in Polish). Marian Czapla:Ecce Homo. Gorzów Wielkopolski: Biuro Wystaw Artystychnych. pp. 36. ISBN 9788390584942. 
  • (in Polish) Mała Ojczyzna Świętokrzyskie Dziedzictwo kulturowe. 2002. pp. 267. ISBN 83-88710-43-5. 
  • (in Polish) Refleksje z życia. Krosno: Wola Sękowa. 2002. pp. 216. ISBN 9788389123220. 
  • Iwona Rajkowska (2002) (in Polish). Marian Czapla : w 30-lecie pracy twórczej : wystawa przygotowana przez Muzeum Narodowe w Kielcach. Kielce and Warsaw: FPSN. pp. 155. ISBN 9788391698709. 
  • (in Polish) Marian Czapla: Malarstwo. Warsaw: Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. 2009. pp. 128. ISBN 9788361558163. 

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