Andrzej Wróblewski was a painter, art historian and critic, one of the leading representatives of postwar Central and Eastern European art. Born in Vilnius in 1927, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he became Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Painting, and graduated in art history from the Jagiellonian University. In 1953, he received a special mention at the Bucharest Festival. He also took part in numerous exhibitions of Polish art, including the famous Against War – Against Fascism show at the Arsenal in 1955. His 1956 solo show at the Club of the Polish Writers’ Union in Warsaw is also notable; he exhibited works on paper and organized the exhibition with the help of his friends, including the famous film director Andrzej Wajda (1926–2016). Between 30 October and 21 November that year he traveled across Yugoslavia with the art critic Barbara Majewska. Their three-week trip through Belgrade, Ljubljana, Skopje, Zagreb, and smaller towns such as Portorož, Piran, and Ohrid gave them an opportunity to become acquainted with the art and museum scene in Yugoslavia as well as its achievements in architecture. This can be seen reflected in the work Wróblewski produced in the final months of his life before his fatal heart attack in the Tatra Mountains in 1957.
