Ryszard Winiarski

Ryszard Winiarski (March 2, 1936 – December 4, 2006) was a Polish painter and set designer best known for his monochromatic abstract geometric compositions and spatial forms.

[2]: 426 Winiarski experimented with chance and probability by composing abstract arrangements of small squares, initially in black-and-white and later in color.

[2]: 404–405  Between 1967 and 1977, Winiarski created set designs for several plays performed in Poland, including Medea by Euripides, William Shakespeare's Othello and Macbeth, among others.

[1] Similarly to his contemporary Roman Opałka, Winiarski dedicated the majority of his career to exploring a singular conceptual project.

[5] According to art historian and critic Bożena Kowalska, Ryszard Winiarski was among the most influential Polish artists in the second half of the twentieth century.