![]() ![]() A new superpower had been established and during the Soviet occupation of Poland, the war went cold. ![]() Nazi Germany was conquered after the counter-invasion from the Soviets. Photograph of Zdzisław Beksiński in front of the Historical Museum in Sanok, 1991 Piotr Dmochowski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons In 1940, the Zaslav concentration camp was erected on the outskirts of Sanok and would be in operation for the next three years.Īlthough Beksiński was not Jewish, Sanok had one of the largest percentages of Jewish people in the country, with over 30% of its people being Jewish. When Beksiński Zdzisław was ten, World War II began and the Nazis invaded Poland. ![]() Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński was born in Southern Poland in the town of Sanok in 1929. ![]() Much of his work echoed the horrors of World War II, but his dark aesthetic has become particularly popular in the internet age.īeksiński brought global attention to Polish art and he is arguably the greatest Polish artist to date. Throughout his 50-year career, Zdzisław Beksiński‘s paintings went through a variety of styles. War, doomsday, devastation, death, desolation, emaciation, spirituality, eroticism, religion, architecture Into the Abyss with Zdzisław Beksiński Date of Birth
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