‘Zdzislaw Beksiński believed art to be a forewarning of the fragility of the flesh, whatever pleasures we know are doomed to perish, thus, his paintings manage to evoke at once the process of decay and the ongoing struggle for life. They hold within them a secret poetry, stained with blood and rust.’ — Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro.
The death of his wife in 1998 and the suicide of his son on Christmas Eve of 1999 left an unbearable void in his life.
