Caziel Polish/British, 1906-1988
WC645 - Abstract Composition, 1945
Oil on canvas
62 x 31 cm
Signed and dated lower right
Caziel Estate Inventory number WC645
Caziel Estate Inventory number WC645
The Caziel Estate, Courtesy of Whitford Fine Art
Born in Poland, Caziel spent the major years of his artistic development in Paris where he associated with the 'École de Paris' and befriended Picasso. Throughout the 1940s, Caziel's stylistic...
Born in Poland, Caziel spent the major years of his artistic development in Paris where he associated with the 'École de Paris' and befriended Picasso. Throughout the 1940s, Caziel's stylistic preoccupations were divided. Strong lyrical and expressive compositions much indebted to Picasso alternate with works revealing his quest for Abstraction. However, by the late 1940s Caziel reached artistic maturity and became fully committed to Abstraction, painting rigorous geometrical patterns. When the legendary Cubist art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler assumed Caziel's abstract work to be an experiment from which he would return to figuration, Caziel refused and insisted: "Non, je suis abstrait". Caziel exhibited at Galerie Allard and Bernheim Jeune in Paris and at the Grabowski Gallery in London.
A major retrospective of his work was hosted by the National Museum in Warsaw in 1998. Caziel's work is represented in the collections of the following museums: Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris; Vatican Museum, Rome; National Museum, Warsaw.
A major retrospective of his work was hosted by the National Museum in Warsaw in 1998. Caziel's work is represented in the collections of the following museums: Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris; Vatican Museum, Rome; National Museum, Warsaw.