Zdzisław Beksiński (1929-2005) was a Polish artist who, among other things, explored the possibilities of dystopian surrealism. He studied architecture in Krakow before returning in 1955 to work as a construction site supervisor in his hometown of Sanok in southern Poland. Little fulfilled by this work he began at the same time to develop an interest in sculpture, painting and photography. The success came quickly after an exhibition in Warsaw in 1964 . From this date he gradually abandoned sculpture, some abstract structures in metal and plaster, to concentrate almost exclusively on oil paintings, more figurative. From then on he became the leading figure on the Polish contemporary scene. He painted the majority of his production between the 70’s and 90’s, his fantasy period, during which he depicted environments with morbid, desolate atmospheres.”I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams” he said. From the 90’s he came back to a more abstract production, starting to adopt the new computer technologies to renew with photomontages.