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Stanislav Szukalski, Copernicus Harnessing the Sun (1973 serigraph)

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Title:	Stanislav Szukalski, Copernicus Harnessing the Sun (1973 serigraph)
Artist:	Stanislav Szukalski (All)
Media Type:	Photograph
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,911
Likes on CAF:	5 6
Favorited on CAF:	2
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	10/9/2021
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If any artist could be said to have been truly boned by history, it would be Stanislav Szukalski, the visionary sculptor and illustrator. A member of the Chicago Renaissance set (along with Carl Sandberg, Ben Hecht and others), he was acclaimed as Poland’s greatest artist in the 1930s. Most of his work was destroyed in Warsaw during WW II.

After the war, he lived in the US in complete obscurity for decades, developing his peculiar theories (he believed Russians have yeti/abominable snowman blood, among other things). Late in life he was rediscovered by comics fans led by Glenn Bray. I actually met Szukalski once and spoke with him for several hours. He was very interesting and possibly quite mad. On the same day, he appeared at a Dallas comics con; he didn’t know where he was and they didn’t know who he was. It was highly surreal.

The image here is one of his many proposals for massive public works, none of which were built.

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	Bruce W ( 1 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	March 2015
Last Login:	September 2025
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Country:	UNITED STATES
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Neon Dragon
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 10/9/2021

Fascinating story, Bruce!

Heidjer Staecker
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 10/9/2021

Fascinating piece! Does remind me of some of the patriotic sculptures put out by the USSR, esepcially the Motherland Monument in Kyiv!!!

Bruce W
Member Since 2015

2 - Posted on 10/9/2021

Heidjer Staecker wrote:

Fascinating piece! Does remind me of some of the patriotic sculptures put out by the USSR, esepcially the Motherland Monument in Kyiv!!!

Oh, yes, there's a certain monumental vibe to Szukalski's work that does put one in mind of totalitarian art, despite the fact that he had no sympathy with the actual regimes...

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 10/9/2021

The scale of these would have rivaled any national monuments and would be seen for miles away. He thinks big and maybe above the clouds is where his genius and madness meet.

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 10/10/2021

Love the art. The background story seems like the basis of a fascinating biography. Congrats on the art.

Bruce W
Member Since 2015

Posted on 10/10/2021

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan wrote:

Love the art. The background story seems like the basis of a fascinating biography. Congrats on the art.

Thanks! By the way, for those who have Netflix, there's a really good biographical film on Szukalski called "Struggle" -- well worth a watch.

John Davis
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 10/10/2021

Wow, great story and art. Congrats!

Deene Kingston
Member Since 2023

1 - Posted on 1/31/2023

I like Szukalski even if he did go mad the poor soul. Given his background and timeframe its clearly no accident that his work often reminds people of eastern bloc heroic monumental sculpture or totalitarian art if you like. But I don't think he was trying to emulate it so much as transform it into something else. But who knows for sure?

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