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Caziel Biography
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1906 |
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Born in Sosnowiec, Poland, on 16th June.
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1914 - 1920 |
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Spent his childhood and youth moving around in Russia, as his family escaped from the advancing German forces and subsequently had to hide from the Communists.
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1931 - 1936 |
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Studied painting at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts; met Jewish painter Lutka Pink.
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1932 - 1937 |
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Exhibited at Loza Wolnomalarska (Lodge of Free Painters).
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1937 |
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Won a State Scholarship to Italy and Paris; settled with Lutka Pink in Paris.
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1939 |
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Married Lutka Pink; volunteered for the Polish Army in France
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1940 |
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After France signed the Armistice with Germany, the Polish army was disbanded and all Polish soldiers were advised to make their way to the South of France or Spain.
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1941 |
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Caziel and Lutka were sheltered by Blaise Cendrars in Aix-en-Provence before being moved by the French Resitance to the Auvergne.
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1944 - 1946 |
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Caziel and Lutka back in Aix-en-Provence.
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1946 |
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Caziel and Lutka moved back to Paris. Despite being promised important teaching posts as well as state sponsorship for his work by the Polish authorities, Caziel chose to stay in Paris, to protect Lutka from the shock of having to return to the country where she lost all her relatives in Auschwitz.
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1946 |
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Designed the Polish Pavilion for UNESCO International Exhibition of Modern Art.
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1947 |
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First one-man show at Galerie Allard, Paris; met Picasso with whom he developed a long friendship.
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1948 |
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Met Picasso, with whom he developed a friendship
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1951 |
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The Musée National d’Art Moderne purchased one of his monumental canvases.
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1952 |
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Fell in love with the Scottish painter Catherine Sinclair. Together they moved to Ponthévrard, just outside Paris.
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1952 |
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The Vatican commissioned four large paintings for their Museum of Modern Religious Art.
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1953 |
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Designed frescoes for French architect Jean Ginsberg.
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1948 - 1956 |
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Exhibited annually at the “Salon de Mai” in Paris.
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1957 |
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Married Catherine Sinclair.
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1958 |
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Catherine and Caziel’s daughter Clementina born.
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1963 |
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Exterior design for a fresco for the Atomic Energy Commission at Tollemache House, Thurso.
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1966 |
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First one-man show in London hosted by the Grabowski Gallery.
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1966 - 1968 |
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Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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1968 |
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Second one-man show at the Grabowski Gallery, London.
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1969 |
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Moved his family from Ponthévrard to Somerset, England.
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1978 |
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Exhibited at the National Museum, Warsaw – Circle of Tadeusz Pruszkowski.
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1983 |
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Exhibited works on paper at the Summer Exhibition at Fair Maids House Gallery, Perth.
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1990 |
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Memorial Exhibition at the Polish Cultural Institute, London.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Caziel: Drawings and Watercolours 1935 - 1952, The Paris Years, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
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2008
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Caziel: ‘Je suis abstrait’ - Works from the Fifties, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
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2006
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Centenary Retrospective Exhibition, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
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2004
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Caziel: Abstraction 1963 - 1967, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
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2004
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Retrospective Exhibition, Embassy of the Republic of Poland, London (solo)
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2001
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Contour and Line: Selection of Works on Paper from 1965 by Caziel, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
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1998
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Retrospective Exhibition, National Museum, Warsaw (solo)
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1997
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Caziel: Works from the Fifties, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
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1997
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Drawings from the 40's, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
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1995
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Caziel: Substance and Light, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
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1992
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Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (solo)
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1991
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Butlin Gallery, Dillington House College, Ilminster, Somerset (solo)
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1990
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Memorial Exhibition, Polish Cultural Institute, London (solo)
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1968
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Gabrowski Gallery, London (solo)
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1966 - 1968
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Royal Academy, London
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1966
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Gabrowski Gallery, London (solo)
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1948 - 1956
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Salon de Mai, Paris
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1947
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Galerie Allaro, Paris (solo)
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| Literature |
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J. PERRY, The Grand Play of Light. The Art & Life of Caziel, AM Publications, London, 1997
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D. MONKIEWICZ, Caziel 1906-1988, Catalogue Raisonné, National Museum, Warsaw, 1998
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