Tribute to Beksinski

[innsmouth_eyes]

Here's a short slideshow I just did featuring a selection of paintings by my favorite artist Zdzislaw Beksinski. I have always admired him greatly for his amazing skill and bizarre imagination, and identified with him because he was always most concerned with the image and the feelings it evoked, not about any deep meaning. His paintings seem to

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Through a glass darkly...

[draycevixen]

A lot of this landscape looks oddly familiar to me -- Distorted images of famous old building and ruins in Europe.

They not only make me want to tell a story, they make me want to see them in person.

Thank you for sharing.

[blythechild]

I must admit that I've never heard of this guy, and while surrealism isn't really my thing, I enjoyed several of these. My hubby wants to know what song you used for the background music - it sounds familiar to him but he can't place it.

His level of detail and finish in these is truly impressive - they obviously were very real to him......

[innsmouth_eyes]

The music is the Theme from Voltaic on the Myst III soundtrack. Does hubby play Myst at all?

Beksinski started out studying architecture, and moved on to sculptures of plaster and wire, which became subjects of his paintings, so that's partly why his art reflects a lot of bumpy rough surfaces. I think he must have had a very rich inner life to have come up with those images.

[pelaithaliel]

Fascinating. I must confess myself unfamiliar with this artist, although his work is strikingly familiar. It’s almost reminiscent of Dali or Geiger - maybe a blend of those two artists. Very intriguing work. I can’t imagine what it would be like to see the actual pieces, not just reproductions.

[innsmouth_eyes]

It would be really awesome to see his work in person. I don't know for sure but I think he worked pretty big, so the detail would be even more amazing. I might have to go to New York or Poland, though.

[acforvendetta]

These are amazing works and I'm very intrigued. I'd love to see some of Beksinski's paintings in person. After doing a little research, I'm not surprised to discover that he was a teenager in war torn Poland during WWII. I can't help but think that he was influenced by the persecution of the Jews and the devastation brought about by the Nazis and then the Soviets.

What a sad life in so many ways.

Thanks for introducing me to this amazing artist.

[innsmouth_eyes]

You're very welcome. There's a lot more of his paintings at his official website, beksinski.pl. The website is a work of art in itself.

I think you're right about the effects of war. We see a lot of things reminiscent of death camps and war dead.