“I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams.”
His wife died in 1998. A year later, his son, a popular radio host and movie translator, committed suicide.
Beksiński was stabbed to death in Warsaw in 2005. The killer was the son of his long time caretaker who murdered him over about $100.
This is his last painting – “Y” – 21.02.2005 – 98 x 98 cm – finished on the day of his death.
