{"title":"Zdzisław Beksiński","description":"\u003ch2\u003eZdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZdzisław Beksiński was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor, born in Sanok in southern Poland. He studied architecture at Kraków Polytechnic, graduating in 1952, and had no formal training as a visual artist. His paintings were made primarily with oil paint on hardboard panels he prepared himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis output falls broadly into two periods. The earlier work is characterised by expressionistic colour and what he described as a style of utopian realism, with surreal architectural forms and an engagement with surrealism that developed through the 1960s. The later period moved toward greater abstraction, with formalism as its dominant feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween these two phases, in the late 1960s, Beksiński entered what he called his fantastic period, which extended into the mid-1980s and remains the body of work for which he is most widely known. During this time he produced images of nightmarish environments — scenes of death and decay, landscapes populated by skeletons and deformed figures, desolate and airless spaces. He described his method as wanting to paint as if photographing dreams. He refused to title any of his works and expressed consistent indifference to interpretation, including his own. A 1964 exhibition organised by Janusz Bogucki in Warsaw marked his first significant public recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the final decade of his life, Beksiński turned to digital photomontage, working with computers and photo manipulation until his death in 2005. He also wrote short stories between 1963 and 1965, which remained sealed until their posthumous publication in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection gathers books and publications related to Beksiński's work, including monographs and artist publications available at Lokator100. Relevant titles may also be found through \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eÉditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e, a publisher with a documented history of Beksiński monographs, and within the broader \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beksinski-1929-2005","title":"Beksiński 1929–2005","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBeksiński 1929–2005 — Fifth Edition, 2025 Softcover Reissue\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeksiński 1929–2005\u003c\/em\u003e is a 128-page anthology of paintings by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/zdzislaw-beksinski\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZdzisław Beksiński\u003c\/a\u003e, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eÉditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e as part of the Pan-Exotica series. This 2025 softcover edition — the fifth edition of the title — expands the previous 2013 hardback with a new essay on Polish venues displaying Beksiński's works, additional plates, and the inclusion of the last painting he completed on the day of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeksiński's paintings resist easy classification. Across two distinct periods, he constructed imagery of decomposition, architectural ruin, distorted figures, and an atmosphere of inexplicable loneliness — what he described without irony as a kind of dystopian surrealism, though he refused to title individual works. His first period is marked by expressionistic colour and nightmarish built environments populated by bones, rust, and skeletal forms. His second period moved toward abstraction and formal reduction. Later in life, he worked in digital graphics as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book reproduces these works alongside parallel texts in Japanese and English. Contributors include Piotr Dmochowski, Tadeusz Nyczek, Tadashi Nagase, and Anna Kania-Saj. The 2025 edition adds a new essay on the venues in Poland where Beksiński's paintings are currently held and displayed, along with supplementary plates not present in earlier printings. Among the additions is the final painting Beksiński finished on the day he was killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eZdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn on 24 February 1929 in Sanok, Poland, Beksiński studied architecture at the Kraków University of Technology before working briefly as a construction supervisor. In the 1950s he turned to avant-garde photography, sculpture, and drawing; by the 1960s he had committed entirely to painting. His wife Zofia died in 1998. His son Tomasz, a prominent radio personality, died by suicide on Christmas Eve 1999. On 21 February 2005, Beksiński was murdered in his Warsaw apartment. He was 75. The dates in the title are not incidental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThis Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2025 reissue is published by Éditions Treville Co., Ltd., Tokyo, and is part of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue. It converts the 2013 expanded hardback to a softcover format and adds new material. Text appears in Japanese and English throughout. Book design by chutte; translations coordinated by Atelier Porland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAlso Available\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther volumes in the Beksiński catalogue at Lokator100:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/beksinski-the-collected-works-i-ver-1-2\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBeksinski — The Collected Works I\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/beksinski-the-collected-works-ii-ver-1-2\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBeksinski — The Collected Works II\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/beksinski-the-collected-works-iii-ver-1-2\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBeksinski — The Collected Works III\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54660151116122,"sku":"9784309922911","price":57.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/beksinski-1929-2005-cover-front.jpg?v=1788013191"},{"product_id":"beksinski-the-collected-works-iii-ver-1-2","title":"Beksinski: The Collected Works III ver. 1.2","description":"\u003ch2\u003eZdzisław Beksiński: The Collected Works III, ver. 1.2 — Drawings\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/zdzislaw-beksinski\"\u003eZdzisław Beksiński\u003c\/a\u003e: The Collected Works III, ver. 1.2 is the third volume in the Pan-Exotica series published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eÉditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e, Tokyo. This expanded new edition, first released on 22 April 2021, gathers more than 140 drawings produced during the 1960s and 1970s — a period marked by erotic, aggressive, and biologically charged imagery that precedes Beksiński's transition into the large-scale painted works for which he became widely known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ver. 1.2 designation distinguishes this printing from earlier issues of the same edition: it incorporates two additional plates not present in the initial release. The binding is softcover, the format is A4, and the extent is 122 pages. Texts are provided in both Japanese and English. The book is distributed by Kawade Shobo Shinsha and printed and bound by Shinano Book Printing Co., Ltd. in Japan. Publisher-listed weight is approximately 700 g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTextual contents include interviews with Beksiński and essays on his work. Contributors are Zdzisław Beksiński, Piotr Dmochowski, Anna Kania-Saj, and Yumeaki Hirayama. Translations are by Don Kenny, Hajime Fukuda, and Rie Hiraiwa of Atelier Poland. Book design is by chutte; the editor is Kenichi Kawai. The Japanese-edition arrangement was made by arrangement with Piotr Dmochowski through Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc., Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZdzisław Beksiński (24 February 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor born in Sanok, Poland. He studied architecture at the Kraków University of Technology before turning to avant-garde photography, sculpture, and drawing in the 1950s. By the 1960s he had shifted entirely to painting, producing detailed, often macabre imagery that he consistently declined to title. His first period is characterised by expressionistic colour and nightmarish architectural landscapes; a later period moved toward more abstract and formalist approaches. He also worked with digital computer graphics in his final years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeries Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the third in the Beksiński Collected Works series from Éditions Treville. The companion volumes — \u003ca href=\"\/products\/beksinski-the-collected-works-i-ver-1-2\"\u003eBeksinski – The Collected Works I\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/beksinski-the-collected-works-ii-ver-1-2\"\u003eBeksinski – The Collected Works II\u003c\/a\u003e — are also available in the catalogue. The monograph \u003ca href=\"\/products\/beksinski-1929-2005\"\u003eBeksinski 1929–2005\u003c\/a\u003e provides a broader retrospective survey of the artist's career. All Beksiński titles stocked by Lokator100 are listed in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54660154622298,"sku":"9784309922256","price":52.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/beksinski-the-collected-works-iii-ver-1-2-cover-front.jpg?v=1788013963"},{"product_id":"beksinski-the-collected-works-ii-ver-1-2","title":"Beksinski: The Collected Works II ver. 1.2","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBeksiński: The Collected Works II ver. 1.2 — Paintings, Sculptures \u0026amp; Reliefs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second volume in \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/collections\/zdzislaw-beksinski\"\u003eZdzisław Beksiński\u003c\/a\u003e's Collected Works series, published under the Pan-Exotica imprint by \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eÉditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e, gathers paintings from the 1980s and 1990s, late-period paintings, and sculptures and reliefs from the 1960s into a single A4 softcover. This is the 2025 newly designed edition — the first printing of a revised layout — expanding the page count from 124 (the 2020 predecessor) to 128 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe visual contents span Beksiński's most sustained period of output: the densely worked canvases of the 1980s and 1990s, the quieter late paintings, and the three-dimensional work of the 1960s — reliefs and sculptures that preceded the paintings for which he became widely known. Text contributions are bilingual (Japanese and English) and include writings by Beksiński himself alongside essays and interviews by Piotr Dmochowski, Anna Kania-Saj, Atsushi Tanigawa, and Hiroshi Fujita. Translations are credited to Don Kenny, Hajime Fukuda, Brian Amstutz of Amstutz Communications, and Rie Hiraiwa of Atelier Poland. Book design is by chutte; editing by Kenichi Kawai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull title:\u003c\/strong\u003e Beksiński: The Collected Works II, ver. 1.2 — Paintings, Sculptures \u0026amp; Reliefs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJapanese title:\u003c\/strong\u003e ベクシンスキ作品集成 II ver.1.2［絵画・彫刻・レリーフ篇］\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zdzisław Beksiński\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Éditions Treville Co., Ltd., Tokyo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pan-Exotica\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-4-309-92292-8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e A4 softcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExtent:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bilingual — Japanese and English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New Edition (first printing of the 2025 newly designed edition)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColophon date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 June 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial retail release:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19 June 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinting and binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shinano Book Printing Co., Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of manufacture:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume sits between \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/products\/beksinski-the-collected-works-i-ver-1-2\"\u003eBeksinski - The Collected Works I\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/products\/beksinski-the-collected-works-iii-ver-1-2\"\u003eBeksinski - The Collected Works III\u003c\/a\u003e in the same Pan-Exotica series. Together the three volumes constitute a sustained survey of Beksiński's output across media and decades. The standalone retrospective monograph \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/products\/beksinski-1929-2005\"\u003eBeksinski 1929-2005\u003c\/a\u003e is also available for those seeking a single-volume overview. All titles are part of the broader \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e selection at Lokator100.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrders are dispatched from Germany on the next business day, packed carefully for transit, and sent via tracked shipment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54660157374810,"sku":"9784309922928","price":54.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/beksinski-the-collected-works-ii-ver-1-2-cover-front.jpg?v=1788013723"},{"product_id":"beksinski-the-collected-works-i-ver-1-2","title":"Beksiński: The Collected Works I ver. 1.2","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBeksiński: The Collected Works I, ver. 1.2\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeksiński: The Collected Works I, ver. 1.2 — Paintings \u0026amp; Photographs\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume in the Pan-Exotica series published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eÉditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e, Tokyo. This is the new reissued softcover edition, with the copy described here representing the second printing, dated 30 September 2022. The volume reproduces 71 works across 120 A4 pages, encompassing paintings from the 1970s and 1980s alongside photographs from the 1950s. Ver. 1.2 incorporates one additional plate not present in the original ver. 1.0 release. Texts appear in both Japanese and English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eZdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/zdzislaw-beksinski\"\u003eZdzisław Beksiński\u003c\/a\u003e was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor born in Sanok in 1929. He studied architecture in Kraków before turning to avant-garde photography, sculpture, and drawing in the 1950s. By the 1960s he had shifted entirely to painting. His first major period is characterized by what he described as utopian realism — expressionistic in colour, populated by distorted figures, architectural ruins, and organic decay. A second period moved toward greater abstraction and formalism. He worked without titling his paintings, resisting interpretive fixity. He was killed in Warsaw in February 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eContents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume's principal visual content comprises paintings from Beksiński's mature period of the 1970s and 1980s, supplemented by his earlier photographic work from the 1950s. The textual apparatus includes interviews with Beksiński and essays by Piotr Dmochowski and Anna Kania-Saj, presented in bilingual Japanese and English. Translations are credited to Don Kenny, Hajime Fukuda, and Rie Hiraiwa of Atelier Poland. Book design is by chutte; the editor is Kenichi Kawai.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAlso in This Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther volumes in the Pan-Exotica series are available in the shop: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/beksinski-the-collected-works-ii-ver-1-2\"\u003eBeksinski - The Collected Works II\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/beksinski-the-collected-works-iii-ver-1-2\"\u003eBeksinski - The Collected Works III\u003c\/a\u003e. A separate monograph, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/beksinski-1929-2005\"\u003eBeksinski 1929-2005\u003c\/a\u003e, is also available. Browse the full selection of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e in the catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54660160356698,"sku":"9784309921679","price":52.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/beksinski-the-collected-works-i-ver-1-2-cover-front.jpg?v=1788013827"}],"url":"https:\/\/lokator100.store\/collections\/zdzislaw-beksinski.oembed","provider":"Lokator100","version":"1.0","type":"link"}