Julian Stanczak died March 25, 2017 at his home in Seven Hills, Ohio. Julian Stanczak has through more than five decades of uninterrupted work shown us that his understanding of color has no peer. Julian Stanczak was born in eastern Poland in 1928. All rights reserved. Also the surface divisions become most complex and intricate. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio. 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. This period shows Julian’s work growing in complexity, often using over 100 color mixtures in a single painting. Borough Polytechnic Institute, London, England, MFA, Yale University, studying with Josef Albers and Conrad Marca Relli, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY, Op Out of Ohio: Anonima Group, Richard Anuszkiewicz and Julian Stanczak in the 1960s, D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY, The Responsive Mind, Madron Gallery, Chicago, IL, In Honor of the Cleveland Arts Prize, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, Julian Stanczak: Color • Grid, Danese, New York, NY (solo), Julian Stanczak: Recent Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio (solo), Julian Stanczak: The World of Op Art. In Africa, Stanczak learned to write and paint left-handed. Op Art explodes on the world art market with Julian as a major figure. 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). His work was also exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye . His work was included in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye. 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. See available paintings, prints and multiples, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. 1950 Julian emigrated to the United States of America, finally at home. He became a United States citizen in 1957, taught at the Cincinnati Academy of Art for 7 years. The idea of panels really takes off, multiplying to the largest work consisting of 60 panels forming one single constellation. He then spent some years in London, before moving to … Awards during this time include Outstanding American Educator, Award of Excellence in Painting from the Ohio Arts Council, and Best of Show, from the International Plattform Association in Washington, DC. This period shows Julian’s work growing in complexity, often using over 100 color mixtures in a single painting. He was 88. Julian Stanczak was a Polish-born American painter best known for his contribution to the Op Art movement. Julian Stanczak was born in Borownica, Poland in 1928. Centrum Sztuki Studio im Stanislawa I. Witkiewicza, "Julian Stanczak, Abstract Painter, Dies at 88", Julian Stanczak interviewed by Brian Sherwin- myartspace.com, Geoform: An Interview with Artist Julian Stanczak, 2011, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julian_Stanczak&oldid=978599997, Articles with dead external links from December 2016, Wikipedia articles with RKDartists identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Julian Stanczak, Formation, 1973. He was named "Outstanding American Educator" by the Educators of America in 1970.[2]. Stanczak produced major print editions, many on experimental materials. Julian Stanczak, the Op art painter who, despite physical difficulties, managed to create canvases with vibrant geometries and hypnotic motion, died in his home in Seven Hills, Ohio on March 25. Relief offers the unique possibility of having continuous interaction with the public because the exposure of colors depends on the movement of the individual in front of the 3D mural and the changing overlap of verticals and diagonals. My youthful experiences with the atrocities of the Second World War are with me,- but I wanted to forget them and live a "normal" life and adapt into society more fully. He had been right-handed. Julian Stanczak was a Poland-born American artist who explored the visual, psychological, and emotional resonance of color in his Op art paintings. Julian Stanczak (November 5, 1928 – March 25, 2017) was a Polish-born American painter and printmaker. 1964 Julian wins First Prize in Dayton Museum of Art exhibition titled "Artists of Southern Ohio" The show was seen by Martha Jackson, who immediately invited Julian to join her stable of artists at the famous Martha Jackson Gallery in New YorkJulian and family moved to Cleveland, OH and he began his 31 year engagement with the Cleveland Institute of Art as professor of painting, 1964-70 Julian traveled frequently to Martha Jackson Gallery while teaching at the Cleveland Institute of Art, 1965 The Responsive Eye Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, NY, highlights a new, international art movement, The movement’s name, Optical Art — Op Art for short — is coined after the title of Julian’s exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery. Learn more about Julian Stanczak (American, 1928 - 2017). After deserting from the army, he spent his teenage years in a hut in a Polish refugee camp in Uganda. Julian Stanczak: Optical Paintings was named after the Op Art movement. Follow Biography Artworks Auction results Galleries Articles September 18, … Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. During the interview, Stanczak recalled his experiences with war and the loss of his right arm and how both influenced his art. See our Privacy Policy for more information about cookies. View Julian Stanczak’s 244 artworks on artnet. In 2007, Stanczak was interviewed by Brian Sherwin for Myartspace. Julian is at the top of his artistic performance. Also the surface divisions become most complex and intricate. The appreciation of Julian’s work grows as evidenced in a record 31 one-man-shows across the country, including eight exhibitions in NY with the Martha Jackson Gallery. CB Collection Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (solo), Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Op Art Revisited, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Pop and Op, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, Julian Stanczak, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (solo), Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, The Optical Edge, Pratt Institute of Art, New York, New York, Op Art Revisited-Selections from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California, Julian Stanczak: Master of Op Art, Eckert Fine Art, Naples, Florida (solo), Julian Stanczak: Constellation Series Paintings, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio (solo), Intersecting Pathways: Julian and Barbara Stanczak, Wisconsin Union Galleries, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (solo), Julian Stanczak: Forty Years of Painting, McClain Fine Art, Houston, Texas (solo), Julian Stanczak: A Retrospective 1948-1998, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio (solo), Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN, Baum Gallery of Art, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AK, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Centrum Sztuki Studio im Stanislawa I. Witkiewicza, Warsaw, Poland, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA.