Lubomir Tomasewski |
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Lubomir Tomaszewski inspires both artists and collectors. He is the mentor to a group of artists that call themselves Emotionalists. He and his fellow Emotionalists maintain a deep connection with our Earth as well as the spiritual and emotional nature of human beings.
The gestural quality of Tomaszewski’s sculptures gives them movement and great power. Viewers always marvel at the fact that he uses few details and yet his work still appears realistic. Tomaszewski usually uses rocks and tree branches as he finds them. The resulting images are thus whispered in his ear by Mother Nature herself.
Tomasewski has been a popular artist exhibiting at Brion Galleries since its 1998 re-opening in Lambertville, NJ.
BIOGRAPHY Born in Warsaw, Poland, Lubomir Tomaszewski was a freedom fighter during WWII. After the war he created numerous sculptures for the reconstruction of Old Town Warsaw and took first prize in the sculpture competition for decorating the Palace of Culture and Science there in 1955. When he immigrated to the US in 1966, Tomaszewski took a new approach to his work. Found rocks and fallen tree limbs became the catalysts for his creative energy. In combination with copper, bronze, and other metals, these objects of nature began to be transformed by him into dramatic, fluid, figurative sculptures. Each is undeniably unique and elegant. "When Lubomir Tomaszewski looks at a rock, he sees a piece of sculpture. Something in the layering, the shape, the natural formation suggests to him the body of an animal or bird." Said The New York Times on November 5, 1975. He also creates dramatic dancers and other human figures which express great energy and sometimes even a touch of humor. Continued on next page. |
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