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Formizm
Formizm (English: Formism) was an avant-garde literary and artistic movement active in the Second Polish Republic between 1917 and 1922. It drew inspirations from Cubism, Expressionism and Futurism as well as Polish folk art. Together with Unism, started by Władysław Strzemiński in the early 1920s, Formism was one of the two independently Polish avant-garde movements. History The movement began in 1917 in Kraków where several artists united under the banner of Polish Expressionists. Their first exhibition was organized at the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Kraków on 4 November 1917. In 1919, a year after Poland had regained its independence, the group adopted the name (Formists), reflecting their interest in examining the question of form in visual art and an intention to move beyond Expressionism. The Formists opposed naturalism in painting and wished to incorporate influences from other Western avant-garde movements, particularly Cubism in France and Futurism in It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Zamoyski
Count August Zamoyski (28 June 1893 – 19 May 1970) was a Polish sculptor, member of groups Bunt and Formiści. Zamoyski was an author of stone compositions in simplified and geometrised form. His first works were influenced by French cubism and Italian futurism. In 1920s he developed his own, monumental style in which he referred to Classicism. In his last period, Zamoyski was an author of expressive religious works. Selected works * ''Ich dwoje'' (''c.'' 1917) * Leopold Zborowski portrait (1924) * ''Akt'' (1928) * ''Głowa Wierki'' (1928) * Frédéric Chopin monument, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1944) * Assis Chateaubriand monument, São Paulo, Brazil (''c.'' 1950) References Jerzy Giedroyc, August Zamoyski, Hélène Zamoyska, ''Listy 1956-1970'', oprac. naukowe Agnieszka Papieska, Andrzej Stanisław Kowalczyk, Łódź - Paryż -Warszawa 2024. * * 1893 births 1970 deaths Counts of Poland 20th-century Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors August August is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapists
Kapists or KPists (Polish: ''Kapiści'', from KP, the Polish acronym for the Paris Committee), also known as the Colourists, were a group of Poland, Polish painters of the 1930s who dominated the Polish artistic landscape of the epoch. Contrary to Romanticism in Poland, Polish romanticist traditions, the Kapists underlined the independence of art from any historical tradition, symbolism or influences of literature and history. They were formed around Józef Pankiewicz and were under the strong influence of the French Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionists. The name of the movement was derived from the full name of the so-called ''Paris Committee'', or ''Paris Committee of Relief for Students Leaving for Artistic Studies in France'' (). Apart from Pankiewicz, among the best-known Kapists were Jan Cybis, Józef Czapski, Józef Jarema, Artur Nacht-Samborski, Eugeniusz Geppert, Piotr Potworowski, Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa, Hanna Rudzka and Zygmunt Waliszewski. In 1930, the Kapists held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tytus Czyżewski
Tytus Czyżewski (28 December 1880 in Przyszowa – 5 May 1945 in Kraków) was a Polish painter, art theoretician, Futurism (art), Futurist poet, playwright, member of the Formizm, Polish Formists and a Kapists, Colorist. Biography In 1902 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in the painting studios of Józef Mehoffer and Leon Wyczółkowski. Czyżewski travelled to Paris and learned from the artistic trends there. He began exhibiting in 1906. Czyżewski painting style was highly influenced by Cézanne and El Greco, whose work he admired until his death. In 1917, with the brothers Zbigniew Pronaszko, Zbigniew and Andrzej Pronaszko, he organized in Kraków an exhibition of Polish Expressionist works. The group later became known as the ''Polish Formists''. Until the break-up of the Formists in 1922, he was the primary artist and theoretician behind the movement as well as the joint editor of the periodical ''Formiści''. He was also co-founder of the Polish Futurist c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Chwistek
Leon Chwistek (Kraków, Austria-Hungary, 13 June 1884 – Barvikha near Moscow, Russia, 20 August 1944) was a Polish logician, philosopher, mathematician, avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art and literary critic. Career and philosophy In 1919 he was one of the founders of the Polish Mathematical Society. From 1922, he lectured in mathematics for natural scientists at the Jagiellonian University, where he obtained his habilitation in 1928 in mathematical logic. Starting in 1929, Chwistek was a Professor of Logic at the University of Lwów in a position for which Alfred Tarski had also applied. His interests in the 1930s were in a general system of philosophy of science, which was published in a book translated in English 1948 as ''The Limits of Science''. In the 1920s–30s, many European philosophers attempted to reform traditional philosophy by means of mathematical logic. Leon Chwistek did not believe that such reform could succeed. He thought that reality could n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Italy
The Kingdom of Italy (, ) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an 1946 Italian institutional referendum, institutional referendum on 2 June 1946. This resulted in a modern Italian Republic. The kingdom was established through the unification of several states over a decades-long process, called the . That process was influenced by the House of Savoy, Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia, which was one of Italy's legal Succession of states, predecessor states. In 1866, Italy Third Italian War of Independence, declared war on Austrian Empire, Austria in Italo-Prussian Alliance, alliance with Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia and, upon its victory, received the region of Veneto. Italian troops Capture of Rome, entered Rome in 1870, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Art
Art in Poland refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with Poland. Nineteenth century Polish art has often reflected European trends while maintaining its unique character. The Kraków school of history painting developed by Jan Matejko produced monumental portrayals of significant events and customs throughout Polish history. He is referred to as the most famous Polish painter or even as the "national painter" of Poland. Stanisław Witkiewicz was an ardent supporter of Realism in Polish art, its main representative being Jozef Chełmoński. The Młoda Polska ( Young Poland) movement witnessed the birth of modern Polish art and engaged in a great deal of formal experimentation led by Jacek Malczewski (Symbolism), Stanisław Wyspiański, Józef Mehoffer, and a group of Polish Impressionists. Twentieth century Artists of the twentieth-century Avant-Garde represented various schools and life. The art of Tadeusz Makowski was influenced by Cubism; while W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (; 24 February 188518 September 1939), commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer active before World War I and during the interwar period. Life Born in Warsaw, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was a son of the painter, architect and an art critic Stanisław Witkiewicz. His mother was Maria Pietrzkiewicz Witkiewiczowa. Both of his parents were born in the Samogitian region of Lithuania. His godmother was the internationally famous actress Helena Modrzejewska. Witkiewicz was reared at the family home in Zakopane. In accordance with his father's antipathy to the "servitude of the school," he was home-schooled and encouraged to develop his talents across a range of creative fields. Against his father's wishes he studied at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts with Józef Mehoffer and Jan Stanisławski. Witkiewicz was close friends with composer Karol Szymanowski and, from childhoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Mierzejewski
Jacek Mierzejewski (1883, Częstochowa - 1925, Otwock) was a Polish painter, associated with "Formism", a Polish art movement that combined Cubism, Impressionism and Futurism. Biography He began his studies at the Warsaw School of Drawing, then enrolled at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied with Florian Cynk, Leon Wyczółkowski and Józef Mehoffer. In poor health after 1905, he spent much of his free time at the resort in Zakopane.Brief biography @ Culture.pl In 1913, he received a scholarship that enabled him to study in France, where he spent most of his time in Paris and Brittany. The works of Cézanne became a major influence there. His first major exhibition was with the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts in 1916. During this time, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He returned to Poland after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Winkler (fencer)
Konrad Sebastian Winkler (20 January 1882 – 16 January 1962) was a Polish fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team sabre at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al .... References External links * 1882 births 1962 deaths Polish male fencers Olympic fencers for Poland Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers from Warsaw 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Pronaszko
Andrzej Pronaszko (31 December 1888 in Derebchyn - 15 January 1961 in Warsaw) was a Polish painter and scenographer, one of the most prominent representatives of the Young Poland movement and the Polish avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, Zbigniew Pronaszko's brother. In occupied Poland, Pronaszko was a member of the Polish resistance, and a director of the Department of Microphotography at the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of Armia Krajowa. He was also involved with the underground theatre. After the war Pronaszko became the lecturer at the Academy of Theatre in Warsaw (Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza). Notes and references * Irena Kossowska, Monika Mokrzycka-Pokora "Andrzej Pronaszko" ''Kultura polska'', Instytut Adama Mickiewicza The Adam Mickiewicz Institute () is a government-sponsored organization funded by Poland's Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland), Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and headquartered at 25 Mokotowska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair, Poznań, Saint John's Fair (''Jarmark Świętojański''), traditional St. Martin's croissant, Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance in Poland, Renaissance Old Town, Poznań Town Hall, Town Hall and Poznań Cathedral. Poznań is the fifth-largest List of cities and towns in Poland#Cities, city in Poland. As of 2023, the city's population is 540,146, while the Poznań metropolitan area (''Metropolia Poznań'') comprising Poznań County and several other communities is inhabited by over 1.029 million people. It is one of four historical capitals of medieval Poland and the ancient capital of the Greater Poland region, currently the administrative capital of the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lwów
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main Ukrainian culture, cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel of Galicia, Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv (then Lwów) emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz, and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it went to King Casimir III the Great of Kingdom of Poland, Poland in a Galicia–Volhynia Wars, war of succession. In 1356, Casimir the Great granted it town rights. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
