Copernicus by Szukalski (print)

The New Year has brought forth some fascinating art and artists.  While perusing through Netflix, I stumbled across a documentary about Stanislav Szukalski.  He was a troubled soul, had a traumatic (and dramatic) past, was extremely narcissistic, held some fanatical beliefs and extremely questionable political views and was “recently” rediscovered.  If you’re interested in checking out the film, it’s titled “Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski”

There is an interesting article HERE reviewing the film.

His tragic tale and struggle did indeed carry strongly into his work and the torment and twisted figures resonated with my soul.  I would highly recommend checking him out.

Here are a few of his works:

Featured in (Decorative Arts) 1 Vol. Szukalski, Stanislaw. Szukalski Projects in Design. University of Chicago Press, 1929

“Monument for the Mermaid of Warsaw (detail),” 1958, a Conté and ink on paper

“Struggle” 1917

Check this guy out. And the Netflix documentary as well.

~*Twigg*~