Jacek yerka biography examples
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Jacek Yerka .........(1)
(Torun 1952 - )
| Jacek Yerka graduated in 1976 the Faculty of Fine Arts at Nicolas CopernicusUniversity in Toruń. He specialized in graphic art. During the first few years after graduation he exhibited posters, for example at The Biennial Exhibition of Polish Posters in Katowice in 1977 and 1979, at the international biennial exhibitions in Lahti and Warsaw, among others. Since 1980 he devoted himself completely to painting. Basing on precise painting techniques, taking pattern from former masters like Jan van Eyck or Hieronymus Bosch but mainly on his unlimited imagination he creates surrealistic compositions, particularly admired by enthusiasts of sci-fi in all varieties. He inspired the fantasy writer Harlon Ellison to write 30 short stories which along with Yerkas pictures constituted the publication entitled "Mind Fields". The same American publisher "Morpheus International" released the album "The Fantastic Art of Jace • Meet Jacek YerkaJacek Yerka has won international awards for his art, and has had exhibitions in Warsaw, Dusseldorf, Los Angeles, Paris and London. He works and resides, with his family, in a rural enclave of his native Poland. Born in Poland in 1952, Jacek yerka studied fine art and graphics prior to becoming a full-time artist in 1980.While at university, Yerka resisted the constant pressures of his instructors to adopt the less detailed, less realistic techniques that characterize so much of contemporary art. Instead, he stubbornly continued to work in the classic, meticulous Flemish style he still favors to this day.In the end, it was his teachers who eventually relented, finally recognizing their determined student as a brilliant (although troubling) talent.
The pastoral atmosphere of the Polish countryside provides a solid, mimetic foundation for much of Yerka’s art. • Jacek Yerka: “I don’t think I could paint a realistic picture”PRO accounts for artists Sales via Facebook and Instagram store No ads on web pages Artworks mailing lists Sales of reproductions and digital copies PRO accounts for artists Sales via Facebook and Instagram store No ads on web pages Artworks mailing lists Sales of reproductions and digital copies Artsmarts • Fans of fantasy,and magical know Polish illustrator Jacek Yerkavery well. In 1995,he received the prestigious World Fantasy Prize for his work,and in recent years,the popularity of his paintings with collectors has only grown. Recently,the artist gave an interview at the Agra-Art auction house in Warsaw,where he talked about the influence of the Old Dutch,his technique,his favourite music,hobbies,and how the famous flying islands appeared in the symbol movie. "One of the questions most often
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