Stanisław Fijałkowski is a Polish avant-garde painter and graphic artist, awarded an honorary doctorate at the Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. Associated with the "Strzemiński circle," he was inspired by the theories and art of Władysław Strzemiński, who was his lecturer from 1946 to 1951. Fijałkowski's initial work is characterized by frequent references to impressionism and cubism. Towards the end of the 1950s, he turns to abstract painting, later adding symbolic signs and geometric figures. He uses cool colors, his painting is harmonious, uniform, minimalist. Fijałkowski represented Poland in the Venice Biennale in 1972. In 1989 he was awarded the Jan Cybis Prize, and in 2005 he received the Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Merit to Culture. His works can be found in numerous public and private collections in Poland and abroad, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Tate Gallery in London.
