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Julian Stanczak Paintings

American, 1928-2017
Julian Stanczak was born in Borownica, Poland in 1928. At the beginning of World War II, Stanczak was forced into a Siberian labor camp, where he permanently lost the use of his right arm. He had been right-handed. In 1942, aged thirteen, Stanczak escaped from Siberia to join the Anders' Army in Persia. After deserting from the army, he spent his teenage years in a hut in a Polish refugee camp in Uganda. In Africa, Stanczak learned to write and paint left-handed. He then spent some years in London, before moving to the United States in 1950. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He became a United States citizen in 1957, taught at the Cincinnati Academy of Art for 7 years. The Op Art movement was named after his first major show, Julian Stanczak: Optical Paintings, held at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York in 1964. His work was included in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye. In 1966 he was named a "New Talent" by Art in America magazine. In the early 1960s he began to make the surface plane of the painting vibrate through his use of wavy lines and contrasting colors in works such as Provocative Current (1965). These paintings gave way to more complex compositions constructed with geometric rigidity yet softened with varying degrees of color transparency such as Netted Green (1972). In addition to being an artist, Stanczak was also a teacher, having worked at the Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1957–64 and as Professor of Painting, at the Cleveland Institute of Art, 1964-1995. He was named "Outstanding American Educator" by the Educators of America in 1970. (Wikipedia)
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Artist: Julian Stanczak
Twist & the Rain Mid-Century OpArt Geometric Painting by Cleveland School artist
By Julian Stanczak
Located in Beachwood, OH
Julian Stanczak (American, 1928-2017) Twist and the Rain, 1975 acrylic on canvas signed verso 30 x 24 inches Julian Stanczak (American, b. November 5, 1928) was an American painter...
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1970s Op Art Julian Stanczak Paintings

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Acrylic

Double Focus II Mid-Century OpArt Abstract Geometric painting, Cleveland school
By Julian Stanczak
Located in Beachwood, OH
Julian Stanczak (American, 1928-2017) Double Focus II, 1963 acrylic on canvas signed and dated verso 33 x 40 inches Julian Stanczak (American, b. November 5, 1928) was an American ...
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1960s Op Art Julian Stanczak Paintings

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Acrylic

Red is a Red, OpArt red geometric acrylic painting
By Julian Stanczak
Located in Beachwood, OH
Julian Stanczak (American, 1928–2017) Red is a Red, 1969 Acrylic on canvas Signed, dated and titled verso 28 x 28 inches 29 x 29 inches, framed OpArt red geometric acrylic painting ...
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1960s Op Art Julian Stanczak Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled (Green and Purple Circle)
By Julian Stanczak
Located in Austin, TX
Acrylic on canvas. Signed verso. 36.5 x 36 in. 42.75 x 42.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in a solid maple tray frame with an heirloom white finish. Provenance Private Collection, C...
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1960s Abstract Julian Stanczak Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Rows
By Julian Stanczak
Located in New York, NY
Rows, 1970, by Julian Stanczak (1928-2017) Acrylic on canvas 27 ¼ x 27 ¼ inches unframed (69.215 x 69.215 cm) 28 ½ x 28 ½ inches framed (72.39 x 72.39 cm) Signed on reverse Dated and...
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Late 20th Century Op Art Julian Stanczak Paintings

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