UPDATE to the store below: Two teens, including the son of a friend and aide, have been charged with the murder of Zdzislaw Beksinski. From the Globe and Mail story.
“It misses the point to ask me what scenes in my paintings ‘mean’. Simply, I do not know, myself. Moreover, I am not at all interested in knowing.” Zdzislaw Beksinski
Copyright © 2000 Beksinski. All Rights Reserved
Leading Polish Surrealist artist Zdzislaw Beksinski has been found dead by relatives, in his Warsaw home. He had been stabbed numerous times.
Born in Sanok, Poland in1929, Beksinski. He trained as an architect and until he became a full-time artist, worked as a construction supervisor, a job he hated. Once he moved into the artistic world, he came to critical acclaim as a photographer and, later, with his drawings. His later work was comprised of dark and brooding surrrealistic drawings and paintings, and recently, computer generated works.
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