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Zdzisław Beksiński (February 24, 1929 – February 21, 2005) was a prominent Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor, renowned for his work in dystopian surrealism. Born in Sanok, Poland, he initially studied architecture at the Kraków Polytechnic, graduating in 1952. Despite his formal education, Beksiński had no traditional training in art and began his artistic career in the mid-1950s, focusing on painting, photography, and sculpture