Since 1951, Caziel was committed to push his research into Abstraction, to show his self-awareness and willingness to lay himself bare in his paintings, so that they become the embodiment of his thought, emotion and self. By 1967 Caziel's abstract paintings are the culmination of a long journey, from Giotto, through Cézanne and Picasso, passing by Kandinsky and Malevich, complemented by his avid reading of philosophy and art. Caziel’s aesthetic reflects his immersion in the world and his attempt to depict pure essential ideas. The concepts of consciousness of the journey, and the aesthetic of essence were key to Caziel’s abstract development.

From 1963 until early 1965, Caziel’s paintings show long streaks of colour, the effect of which is reminiscent of the 1950s so-called ‘affiches lacérées’ of Jacques Villeglé (French, born 1926). Caziel’s painted ‘déchirages’, the technique of tearing of dry paper by free-hand, usually reveal a rich red or black background. These works are dramatic in their expression and thoroughly modern in their origin. The concept of fragmentation of imagery withheld Caziel’s attention in 1948 when he had befriended Picasso. Caziel's interpretation of deconstruction led him to Abstraction in 1951. His so-called lacerated demand the acceptance of pre-reflective self-consciousness in order to experience the different levels and interpretations of the immediate phenomenon. In addition, Caziel’s aesthetic reflects his immersion in the world and his attempt to depict pure essential ideas. Caziel's Abstract paintings reveal intentionality, self-awareness and embodiment as the basic features of the phenomenological consciousness, which uses a method of reflective attentiveness that unveils the individual's 'lived experience'.

Born in Poland, Caziel attended the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts from 1931-36, where the influence of French Post-Impressionist painting was omnipresent. Revered masters amongst the students and significant influences on Caziel's early development as a painter included Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse. Caziel spent the major years of his artistic development in France, following his move to Paris in 1937. His painting developed through a synthesis of many diverse elements into an individual form of 'cubist' abstraction during the 1940's, under the influence of his close friend Pablo Picasso. At that time, he declined Kahnweiler's offer to include him in his stable of figurative artists as he had found his way to Abstraction.

Caziel's work is represented in the following museums: Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Vatican Museum, Rome; National Museum, Warsaw; Łodz Museum, Lodz.

Whitford Fine Art has represented the Estate of Caziel since 1995.