Hybrydy. Tadeusz Kazikowski. Rysunek na papierze. XX wiek.

Tadeusz Kazikowski is one of those artists who consistently follow their chosen path regardless of the fashionable artistic trends raging around them. Born in 1952 in Mogielnica. In 1977, he received a diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He studied in J. Tarasin's studio. He has participated in many national exhibitions and prestigious art galleries. Outside Poland, exhibitions featuring his work have been held in New York, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, and Germany.

Kazikowski's focus is on people. Many artists claim the same, but Kazikowski draws and paints the human body, depicting it in various situations. Mainly women with full, voluptuous figures. And these are beautiful women, whose Rubenesque proportions only emphasize their charm.

Art critics claim that the artist, interested in the art of past centuries, deliberately creates in a way that is anachronistic today and is mocking of 20th-century postmodern art.

I acquired the drawing as a result of a collector's exchange at the Warsaw Circle. It is perhaps a little unusual for this artist's work. Firstly, because of its size, and secondly, because the drawing is very sketchy and contour-based. Perhaps it is a draft for a larger project. Drawn in black pastel on gray kraft paper. The dimensions, including the frame, are 72 by 58 cm.