Zdzislav Beksinsky - one of the greatest Polish artists for the last several decades, the photographer and the sculptor innovator.<br> <br> Zdzislav Bekszynski was born on February 24, 1929 in the small town of Sanok in Poland.<br> There are this type of artists who, despite a controversial legacy, are usually either admired or hated. Zdzislav Beksinsky is clearly from their number. He is rightfully considered a genius of gloomy surrealism, which continued the traditions of working with the subconscious and hidden sexuality to create his works.<br> <br> He did not give a name to any of his paintings and rarely went to exhibitions.<br> <br> Although Beksinsky's creations often look dark, he himself was known as a pleasant, witty and a little shy person. The artist considered many of his works misunderstood and called them quite optimistic and even funny<br> <br> Until the mid-1980s, the artist was in a period that he called "fantastic." At this time, he created his most famous creations with disturbing images in a surreal and post-apocalyptic environment with very detailed scenes of death, decay, distorted figures and desert landscapes filled with skeletons.<br> <br> These paintings are distinguished by high detail and painted with its proprietary clarity. At that time, Beksinsky said: "I would like to draw in such a manner as if it were photographed dreams"<br> <br> Bekszynski died in his own Warsaw apartment, where he was discovered with seventeen stab wounds in February 2005. The 19-year-old son of the commandant of the house in which the artist lived was found guilty. The reason for the attack was Beksinsky's refusal to give money in debt.<br> <br> He once said, "What matters is what appears in your soul, not what your eyes see."