Wojciech Fangor

Stunning WWII Fangor painting ‘rescued’ at auction is entered into Register of Monuments

Fangor’s plafond depicts seven celestial nudes entwined in flowing cloth; floating amid clouds, the ethereal scene was completed by the presence of over a dozen cherubs. Mazowiecki Wojewódzki Konserwator Zabytków/Facebook

The plafond’s entry into the registry signals a remarkable turnaround in its fortunes. Despite its importance to Polish art and culture, the artist’s first ever large-format work depicting seven celestial nudes floating amid clouds and cherubs was only recently ‘rescued’ after an autumn auction was held to fund urgent maintenance work.

Malczewski painting goes for record 6.7 mln PLN at auction

Jacek Malczewski’s ‘unseen’ masterpiece the Spinner, which has remained hidden from public sight since he painted it in 1922, was sold at auction Sunday for an art market record.

Fangor ‘Holy Trio’ could ‘smash auction records’ say art experts

According to auction house DESA Unicum, the ‘sky’s the limit’ concerning the sale of the three works of art set to go under the hammer tomorrow (Thursday).

Exhibition of anti-war art opens at Warsaw's Museum on the Vistula

From Friday, the Museum on the Vistula in Warsaw will be showing an exhibition entitled 'Never again. Art against war and Fascism in the 20th and 21st centuries,' themed around Pablo Picasso's 'Guernica.'

Fangor painting smashes records with eye-watering 1.3 mln zł sale

The price paid for ‘M44’ surpassed the pre-sale estimate of PLN 700,000-900,000, and also indicated that online auctions could now hold their own against traditional ones.

Going, going, gone! Fangor painting smashes records at Warsaw auction

The PLN 4.72 million was also the largest amount paid for a piece of contemporary Polish art.

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