Zbigniew Dłubak

Zbigniew Andrzej Dłubak (1921–2005) was a Polish painter, photographer, and art theoretician.Dłubak was born on April 26, 1921, in Radomsko.

During World War II, following the AB Action aimed at the Polish intelligentsia and Scouting movement, he was arrested and sent to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, but managed to survive.

In 1945 he returned to Poland, where he took an active part in the reconstruction of Polish artistic life after six years of foreign occupation.

He also cooperated with various art galleries and artistic groups, among them Krzywe Koło, Współczesna, Mała Galeria, Labirynt, Zamek, Remont, Permafo, and Foto-Medium-Art.

In his oeuvre he had, among others, series of paintings (Wojna, Macierzyństwo, Amonity, Antropolity, Movens, Systemy) and cycles of photography (Egzystencje, Gestykulacje).