Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936) was a Polish painter and draughtsman associated with the Colourists, or Kapists, a group of artists who placed colour at the centre of painting. Born in Saint Petersburg, he spent part of his early life in Georgia, where he began to study art and developed a lively interest in drawing.
During the First World War he served in the Russian army. His Lying Dog (1914–18) dates from this early period, before he established the more colourful and freely handled style for which he became known.
After the war he settled in Poland and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He joined a group of students associated with the painter Józef Pankiewicz and travelled to Paris in the 1920s. The artists studied French painting, particularly the colour and composition of Paul Cézanne and other Post-Impressionists.
Waliszewski painted portraits, still lifes and lively figure compositions, sometimes drawing upon classical myths. He died in Kraków in 1936, leaving a body of work that reflects both early experimentation and the Polish Colourist movement.
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