5) ...The work of Henryk Musiałowicz is an authentic revelation. Here is an artist whose testimony is original and who knows how to give shape to his perception. Using light and shadow inherited from Rembrandt and an iconography inspired by the Byzantine tradition, he allows us to perceive the mysteries of conscience and being" - Jean-Luc Daval in the catalogue to an exhibition at the Rath Museum in Geneva in 1963.
Henryk Musiałowicz, an artist, painter and draftsman, sculptor, creator of spatial forms, was born on 5 January 1914 in Gniezno. He completed his studies at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under prof. Felicjan Kowarski and prof. Leonard Pękalski. He was a member of the European Cultural Association (SEC), Accademia Tiberina in Rome, the International Association of Visual Arts (AIAP), Accademia Italiana della Arte e del Lavoro in Parma, Accademia Bedriacense in Calvatone, and a recipient of many prestigious awards.
Musiałowicz's works have been exhibited at over 100 individual and 250 collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
The works by Henryk Musiałowicz have been presented in many cycles. Among the most important of these are: "Krajobraz animalistyczny", "Harnasie", "Portret z wyobraźni", "Wojna przeciw człowiekowi", "Reminiscencje", "Oczekiwanie", "Rodzina". His works can be found in numerous private collections in Poland and abroad as well as in significant museums..
The artist passed away on 24 February 2015.
