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Robert Lenkiewicz
Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz (31 December 1941 – 5 August 2002) was one of South West England's most celebrated artists of modern times. Perennially unfashionable in high art circles, his work was nevertheless popular with the public.〔(Robert Lenkiewicz: Free-thinking social artist ), Mark Penwill, ''The Guardian'', 26 August 2002〕〔Obituary: Robert Lenkiewicz, Francis Mallett and Mark Penwill, ''The Independent'', 13 August 2002〕 He produced as many as 10,000 works (though this figure includes his prolific output as a pencil portrait artist),〔(Robert Lenkiewicz paintings finally on display ), BBC News, 2 March 2013〕 often on a large scale, and in themed 'projects' investigating hidden communities ((Vagrancy 1973 ), (Mental Handicap 1976 )) or difficult social issues ((Suicide 1980 ), (Death 1982 )).
Established in 1997, an educational charity, The Lenkiewicz Foundation,〔http://www.robertlenkiewicz.org/〕 received the bequest of the painter's remaining collection of works in 2013 after an estate administration that lasted more than eleven years. The artist's voluminous diaries, illustrated notebooks and relationship journals are in the Foundation's collection, which was shown at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery in 2009.〔http://www.robertlenkiewicz.org/content/lenkiewicz-legacy-%E2%80%93-works-lenkiewicz-foundation-collection〕 The Foundation has curated a number of posthumous exhibitions: ''Self-Portraits 1956-2002'' at the Ben Uri Gallery, Jewish Museum of Art in London in 2008; ''Lenkiewicz: The Legacy – Works from The Lenkiewicz Foundation Collection'' at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery in 2009; ''Still Lives'' at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol in 2011; ''Death and the Maiden'' at Torre Abbey, in Torquay later that year; and ''Human, All Too Human'' at the Royal William Yard in the artist’s adopted city of Plymouth in 2012. This exhibition, in expanded form, travelled to Germany (Spinnerei, Leipzig and AufAEG, Nuremberg) in 2013, where it became the first overseas exhibition of the artist’s work to date.
==Early life==
Robert Lenkiewicz was born in London in 1941, the son of refugees who ran a Jewish hotel in Fordwych Road. Lenkiewicz frequently stated in interview that the hotel's elderly residents included Holocaust survivors but this is contradicted by the artist's brother John, who recollects that the residents tended to be the parents or grandparents of 2nd or 3rd generation English Jews (for instance, the mother of popular entertainer Dickie Valentine), though the hotel's Czechoslovakian cook, Mrs Bobek, was a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen camp. Nevertheless, the loneliness and suffering the young painter witnessed at the hotel was "salutary and thought-provoking"〔Mallett, F. and Penwill, M.A., ''R.O. Lenkiewicz'' (1997). White Lane Press, United Kingdom.〕 according to Lenkiewicz. Lenkiewicz was inspired to paint after seeing Charles Laughton in Alexander Korda's biographical film ''Rembrandt''. He attended Sir Christopher Wren junior technical school of art architecture and building from 1955-58 graduating in art with distinction. At 16, Lenkiewicz was accepted at Saint Martin's School of Art and later attended the Royal Academy. However, he was virtually impervious to contemporary art fashions, being more interested in his favourite paintings in the National Gallery.〔
Inspired by the example of Albert Schweitzer, Lenkiewicz threw open the doors of his studios to anyone in need of a roof – down and outs, addicts, criminals and the mentally ill congregated there. These individuals were the subjects of his paintings as a young man. However, such colourful characters were not welcomed by his neighbours and he was obliged to leave London in 1964.〔
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