Julian Stanczak
Julian Stanczak (Polish: Julian Stańczak; born November 5, 1928 in Borownica , Poland ; † March 25, 2017 in Seven Hills , Ohio , USA ) was an American painter. He lived in Seven Hills, Ohio with his wife, Barbara Stanczak , a sculptor.
Life
Julien Stanczak was born in Poland in 1928. When the Second World War broke out , he was interned in a labor camp in Siberia in 1939 , where he permanently lost the functionality of his right arm. Stanczak had been right-handed up to that time. In 1941 the family received an amnesty from the labor camp. She fled to Uganda, where he spent the rest of his youth in a Polish refugee camp from 1942 to 1948. Here he learned to use his left hand to paint and draw.
Stanczak spent the years 1948 to 1950 in London, where he studied at the Borough Polytechnic Institute. In 1952 he emigrated to the USA .
Stanczak first studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland , Ohio , where he received a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in 1954. He then moved to Yale University , where he was tutored by Josef Albers and Conrad Marca-Relli . In 1956 he was awarded the Master of Fine Art degree.
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Julian Stanczak was a co-founder of Op Art ; the name of the style was chosen based on the title of his first major exhibition: "Julian Stanczak: Optical Paintings", which was held in 1964 in the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York City . His graphic works are characterized by the skillful arrangement of strictly geometric shapes in connection with the selection of colors in different intensities.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stanczak, Julian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borownica , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 2017 |
| Place of death | Seven Hills, Ohio |