Marek Żuławski

Marek Żuławski (13 April 1908 – 30 March 1985) was a Polish painter, graphic artist, and art historian who settled in London in 1937.

Background and career He was born in Rome. His father was Jerzy Żuławski, a noted intellectual from a prolific extended family of artists, directors and climbers; his mother was Kazimiera Żuławska, née Hanicka. He was raised in Zakopane with his two younger brothers, Juliusz and Wawrzyniec. Later, the family moved to Toruń where he completed his secondary education.

Between 1926 and 1933 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under professors Felicjan Kowarski and Karol Tichy at the same time as his cousin, Jacek Żuławski. In 1935 he won a scholarship to study in Paris. In 1937 he moved permanently to London. There he frequented other Polish artists, including Feliks Topolski, Halima Nałęcz, Marian Szyszko-Bohusz and the Themersons. His second wife, Halina Korn (1902–1978), was also a writer and painter. In 1980 Żuławski married Maria Lewandowska. Their son, Adam, was born in January 1983.

In March 1985 Żuławski died in London. His archives are in the Archiwum Emigracji University of Torun Library, and a collection of his art – drawings, graphic art and paintings – is in the Torun University Museum.

Notable artworks Gordon Bennet, 1935 Quarry Worker, 1949 Chrystus wśród ubogich, 1953 Ludzie nad morzem, 1957 Tancerz, 1957 Zielony akt na pomarańczowym i czarnym tle, 1958 Ecce homo II, 1958 Ecce homo IV, 1961 Trzy przedmioty na czerwonym tle, 1963/1968 Kain i Abel, 1967 Sen o lataniu, 1968 Martwy człowiek, 1969 The Team, 1971 Caribbean Cruise, 1974 Mechanical Man, 1975 Żona Lota, 1975 Marylka w sierpniu, 1979 Akt stojący II, 1979 Standing Nude, 1980 Ojcostwo, 1980 Wyżyna Golan, c. 1982 Robotnik, unknown year

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