ANDRZEJ KUHN (1929-2014). CHARIOTEER BY MOONLIGHT.

Signed lower left, oil on board, 28cm x 44cm (31cm x 47cm including frame).

Painter and printmaker, born in Lvov, Poland. He was deported when Russia invaded in 1940 and after privations in exile in the Middle East arrived in England in 1947 where, after six years as a labourer and service in the Merchant Navy, he gained a scholarship to Chelsea School of Art. Postage stamps from Tanna-Tuva, the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley and Sumerian sculpture were some influences, leading to a personal iconography including sellers of moons and stars, travellers and fantastic cities. Kuhn saw art as a consolation in times of trouble. In 1962 Kuhn left London for Lincolnshire, where he showed and settled at Boston, with a studio near the sea. Solo exhibitions included Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham, from 1994, and Polish Cultural Institute, 1999.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company).