Otro de los de pasarse siete pueblos, con el consabido precio:
After 1925, and taking
the name 'Witkacy', the artist ironically re-branded the paintings which
provided his economic sustenance as The S.I. Witkiewicz Portrait Painting Firm, with the motto: "The customer must always
be satisfied". Several grades of portrait were offered, from the merely
representational to the more expressionistic and the narcotics assisted. Many of his paintings were
annotated with mnemonics listing the drugs taken while painting a particular
painting, even if this happened to be only a cup of coffee.
The latter major work
encompasses geopolitics, psychoactive drugs, and philosophy.
During the 1930s,
Witkiewicz published a text on his experiences of narcotics, including peyote,
and pursued his interests in philosophy. He also promoted emerging writers such
as Bruno Schulz. Shortly after Poland was invaded by Germany in September 1939, he escaped with his young
lover Czesława to the rural frontier town of Jeziory, in what was then eastern
Poland. After hearing the news of the Soviet invasion of
Poland on 17 September 1939, Witkacy committed suicide on 18
September by taking a drug overdose and trying to slit his wrists. He convinced Czesława to attempt
suicide with him by consuming Luminal,
but she survived.
En esta y esta página hay muy buen material. Sólo dejo una fotografía y un retrato. Como botón de los siete pueblos.
