St. John The Baptist By Jean-lambert-rucki

Lambert-Rucki (born Zygmunt Lamber Rucki on July 6, 1887, in Kraków, Poland—died in 1967 in Paris) was a major 20th-century artist, recognized for his role in the Parisian avant-garde. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, he moved to Paris in 1911, where he frequented the artistic circles of Montparnasse and Montmartre. He became a central figure in the School of Paris and actively participated in the major avant-garde movements: Cubism, Futurism, modern sacred art, and, above all, Art Deco.

Lambert-Rucki joined the Salon des Indépendants in 1913 and exhibited regularly at the Salon d’Automne. He collaborated with Jean Dunand, a leading figure in Art Deco, on works of art and furniture. Together, they created pieces for the International Expositions of 1925 and 1937. A multidisciplinary artist, Rucki excelled in painting, drawing, sculpture, goldsmithing, and decorative arts.

During the interwar period, he turned to a modernized form of religious art, creating numerous works for churches. In doing so, he engaged in a dialogue between iconographic tradition and formal modernity, developing an immediately recognizable, stylized, and expressive style.

Until his death, he remained faithful to a vision of “total art,” combining spirituality, abstraction, and geometry.