Caziel

(British/Polish, 1906–1988)

wc512 - composition 02.1965 by caziel

Caziel

WC512 - Composition 02.1965, 1965

5,500 GBP

wc516 - composition 02.1965 by caziel

Caziel

WC516 - Composition 02.1965, 1965

5,500 GBP

wc518 - composition 06.1965 by caziel

Caziel

WC518 - Composition 06.1965, 1965

5,500 USD

wc519 - composition 03.1965 by caziel

Caziel

WC519 - Composition 03.1965, 1965

5,500 GBP

wc524 - composition 02.1965 by caziel

Caziel

WC524 - Composition 02.1965, 1965

5,500 GBP

wc526 - composition 05.1965 by caziel

Caziel

WC526 - Composition 05.1965, 1965

5,500 GBP

wc621 - abstract composition by caziel

Caziel

WC621 - Abstract Composition, ca. 1950

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wc572 - abstract composition 1978 by caziel

Caziel

WC572 - Abstract Composition 1978, 1978

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wc746 - composition 49.xi by caziel

Caziel

WC746 - Composition 49.XI, 1949

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wc075 - nocturne  by caziel

Caziel

WC075 - Nocturne , 1951

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wc628 - recherche 51.ix by caziel

Caziel

WC628 - Recherche 51.IX, 1951

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wc702 - geometric composition by caziel

Caziel

WC702 - Geometric Composition, ca. 1952

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Biography

Timeline

1906
Born on June 16 in Sosnowiec, Poland
1914 - 1920
Spent his childhood and youth moving around in Russia, as his family escaped from the advancing German forces and subsequently had to hide from the Communists
1931 - 1936
Studied painting at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts; met Jewish painter Lutka Pink
1932 - 1937
Exhibited at Loza Wolnomalarska (Lodge of Free Painters)
1937
Won a State Scholarship to Italy and Paris; settled with Lutka Pink in Paris
1939
Married Lutka Pink; volunteered for the Polish Army in France
1940
After France signed the Armistice with Germany, the Polish army was disbanded and all Polish soldiers were advised to make their way to the South of France or Spain
1941
Caziel and Lutka were sheltered by Blaise Cendrars in Aix-en-Provence before being moved by the French Resitance to the Auvergne
1944 - 1946
Caziel and Lutka back in Aix-en-Provence
1946
Moved to Paris

Exhibitions

2014
Caziel: Espace - Abstraction, Francis Maere Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
Caziel: Forever Yours, Whitford Fine Art, London, UK (solo)
2010
Caziel: Drawings and Watercolours 1935 - 1952, The Paris Years, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
2008
Caziel: ‘Je suis abstrait’ - Works from the Fifties, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
2006
Centenary Retrospective Exhibition, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
2004
Caziel: Abstraction 1963 - 1967, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
Retrospective Exhibition, Embassy of the Republic of Poland, London (solo)
2001
Contour and Line: Selection of Works on Paper from 1965 by Caziel, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
1998
Retrospective Exhibition, National Museum, Warsaw (solo)
Drawings from the 40's, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)

Literature

J. PERRY, The Grand Play of Light. The Art & Life of Caziel, AM Publications, London, 1997
D. MONKIEWICZ, Caziel 1906-1988, Catalogue Raisonné, National Museum, Warsaw, 1998