Description: ROBERT LENKIEWICZ, BRITISH 19412002 - STUDY OF A SCHOOL BOY; PENCIL ON PAPER. 34.6 x 21.8 cm Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz(31 December 1941 5 August 2002) was one ofSouth West England's most celebrated artists of modern times. Perennially unfashionable in high art circles, his work was nevertheless popular with the public.Lenkiewicz is regarded by some as a great painter who is 'finally being recognised as such after all these years of neglect by the art establishment, particularly by London, who would never have him. He didn't play the game as far as London commercial galleries were concerned. He did his own thing out in the provinces, which was looked down upon.' He produced works on a large scale, and in themed 'projects' investigating hidden communities (Vagrancy 1973,Mental Handicap 1976) or difficult social issues (Suicide 1980,Death 1982). In 1981, he faked his death, announcing his demise to the local newspapers.When Lenkiewicz died in 2002, he left behind a particularly macabre legacy as the embalmed body of one of his friends, a tramp named Diogenes, was found in the cupboard section at the bottom of a bookcase.
Price: 250 GBP
Location: Orpington
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Artist: Robert Lenkiewicz
Type: Drawing
Year of Production: 1941
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Theme: Portrait
Style: Outsider Art
Material: Paper, Pencil
Subject: Boys
Time Period Produced: 1980-1989
