“I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams.”
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Zdzisław Beksiński
Zdzisław Beksiński was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor.
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culture · Polish artist (1929–2005) · painter · photographer · sculptor · architect · graphic artist · also Zdzisław Beksiński, Beksiński
Born 24 February 1929 · Died 21 February 2005 · Q169246
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2026· 3 entries
Public attention spiked: 3,522 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.6× the usual 536, with 0 article edits.
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Poznań Nasze Miasto: Zdzisław Beksiński
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2023· 1 entry
The online Zdzisław Beksiński Art Promotion Archive, an online collection of Beksiński's works, was created
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2022· 1 entry
katowice.wyborcza: Zdzisław Beksiński "bez muzyki by nie istniał". W sobotę w Spodku ciekawy koncert połączony z wystawą obrazów artysty
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2018· 2 entries
RMF: Zdzisław Beksiński: dziś 13. rocznica tragicznej śmierci artysty
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trojmiasto.wyborcza: Zdzisław Beksiński: człowiek wielu talentów
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2015· 1 entry
A collection of his short stories was published
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2006· 1 entry
In the City Art Gallery of Częstochowa, Poland and remained until 2021
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2005· 3 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2005).
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By a 19-year-old acquaintance from Wołomin, reportedly because Beksiński refused to lend him money
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Died 2005-02-21.
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1977· 1 entry
Destroyed a selection of his works in his own backyard, without leaving any documentation concerning them
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1955· 1 entry
Where he found work supervising construction sites and designing buses, but discovered that he did not enjoy it
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1952· 1 entry
Studied at Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Cracow (1947–1952).
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1947· 1 entry
Studied at Queen Sophia Gymnasium in Sanok (1947).
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-02-24.
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