Leszek STAŃKO (1924–2010), "THE VALLEY OF FIVE PONDS," 2003

oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, signed lower right: LESZEK STAŃKO/ VALLEY OF FIVE PONDS 2003, on the reverse: Leszek Stańko 2007.

Leszek STAŃKO ( 1924–2010)
Painter, son of Michał Stańko, associated with the artistic circles of Silesia and Zakopane. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under W. Weiss, I. Pieńkowski, and F. Pautsch (1945–1947). He worked at the Bielsko-Biała Animation Studio and the Animation Film Studio in Warsaw; from 1956, he was a member of the Warsaw-based group of visual artists “Zachęta.” Best known for his landscapes of the Tatra Mountains, he also painted scenes from the Silesian Beskids and the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland; he rarely tackled genre scenes, portraits, or nudes.