Zdzisław Salaburski (1922 – 2006)

Zdzisław Salaburski (1922 Częstochowa - 2006 Warsaw) - painter, actor; After graduating from the R. Traugutt High School in Częstochowa in 1939, during the German occupation in 1941-45 he took private lessons in painting and drawing with Zdzisław Kałędkiewicz. After the war he found himself in Kraków, where he continued his artistic education with Professor Pautsch. In 1946, he passed his extramural examination before the Commission of the Association of Polish Stage Artists, obtaining the qualification to practice as an actor. He worked in theaters in Toruń, Łódź, and Warsaw, also designing sets. He ultimately abandoned his theatrical career in 1961, devoting himself fully to painting. He was a member of "Group 55" at the Krzywe Koło Gallery of Modern Art. Since his debut at the ZPAP exhibition in Częstochowa in 1945, he has participated in numerous exhibitions both in Poland and abroad. He practiced easel painting, and his generally large-scale abstract compositions evoke the aesthetics of Tachisme. The structure of the painting and the refined colors, the dynamics of form and the plasticity of the matter place Salaburski among the significant representatives of this trend in painting.