Tytus Czyżewski
Tytus Czyżewski ( born December 28, 1880 in Przyszowa in powiat Limanowski; † May 5, 1945 in Kraków ) was a Polish painter, poet and art critic. He was one of the founders of the Polish Formists.
Life
From 1902 to 1907 Czyżewski studied at the Art Academy in Krakow under Józef Mehoffer, Józef Unierzyski and Leon Wyczółkowski. He traveled to Paris and met the local art developments. In 1906 he exhibited for the first time. His style was influenced by Paul Cézanne and El Greco, whose work he admired until his death. After his return to Poland he found as an art teacher at a middle school work.
The Society of Friends Art in Krakow organized Czyżewskis first solo exhibition in 1910. From 1910 to 1912 the artist lived in Paris where he met the basics of Cubism know. At the outbreak of the First World War, he went to Vienna. In 1917 he organized with the brothers and Zbigniew Andrzej Pronaszko in Krakow an exhibition of works of Polish Expressionists. A resulting group of artists became known as Polish Formists. Until the breakup of the group in 1922 Czyżewski was one of the leaders of the movement. He was co-editor of the journal Formiści. He was also co-founder of two clubs Polish Futurists ( " Katarynka " in 1917 and " Gałka Muszkatołowa " in 1918 ) and published the Futurist related poems.
After the end of Formists movement Czyżewski lived from 1922 to 1930 in Paris. During this time he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne (1926, 1928), the Salon des Independants (1923, 1924, 1925, 1926) and the Salon des Tuileries (1926, 1929). He experimented with surrealist styles.
After his return to Poland he devoted himself to art criticism. He also continues in his works have been in exhibitions of Polish art propaganda Institute, on the " L'Art Vivant en Europe " in Brussels (1931 ), the World Exhibition in Paris ( 1937), at exhibitions of the artist group New Generation in Lviv (1932) and the group Contemporary artists in Warsaw (1933 ) are shown. In 1934 he became co-editor of the magazine " Glos Plastyków " ( German: voice of the artist), which propagated with the coloration. In 1944 he moved to Kraków, where he died a year later.