Silent rebels : Polish symbolism around 1900 / edited by Roger Diederen, Albert Godetzky, and Nerina Santorius ; with essays by Agnieszka Bagińska [and six others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagińska, Agnieszka, author, curator.

Haake, Michał, author.

Kozakowska-Zaucha, Urszula, author, curator.

Rosales Rodríguez, Agnieszka, author.

Skalska, Agnieszka, 1969- author, curator.

Contributor:

Diederen, Roger, editor, writer of preface.

Godetzky, Albert, editor, curator, author.

Santorius, Nerina, editor, curator, author.

Hypo-Kulturstiftung (Munich, Germany). Kunsthalle, host institution, organizer.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, organizer.

Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, organizer, curator.

Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, organizer, curator.

Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, organizer, curator.

Courtauld Institute of Art, curator.

Hirmer Verlag, publisher.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Painting, Polish--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Polish.

Painting, Polish--Themes, motives--20th century--Exhibitions.

Symbolism in art--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Symbolism in art.

Art, Polish.

Poland.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Essays.

Illustrated works.

exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm

Manufacture:

Trento : Printer Trento.

Place of Publication:

München : Hirmer, [2022]

Language Note:

Text in English, with some selections translated from the German.

Summary:

The turn of the 19th century was a golden age for Polish art. The publication features about 130 masterpieces of painting from this era between nineteenth-century decadence and a new beginning, and describes its roots in Polish history, culture and nature as well as the close connections with wider European art scenes. Polish painting around 1900 carries us into a world of myths and legends, into dream-like landscapes, old traditions and customs, into the depths of the human soul. In a nation without its own state (until its independence in 1918 Poland was partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austria-Hungary) when a young generation of artists emerged to renew painting. Thus they created a common identity, while at the same time joining forces with the European avant-gardes.Artists:Teodor Axentowicz, Olga Boznańska, Józef Chełmoński, Władysław Czachórski, Julian Fałat, Wojciech Gerson, Aleksander Gierymski, Gustaw Gwozdecki, Vlastimil Hofman, Władysław Jarocki, Konrad Krzyẑanowski, Jacek Malczewski, Jan Matejko, Józef Mehoffer, Edward Okuń, Józef Pankiewicz, Władysław Podkowiński, Witold Pruszkowski, Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Kazimierz Sichulski, Władysław Ślewiński, Kazimierz Stabrowski, Jan Stanisławski, Henryk Szczygliński, Włodzimierz Tetmajer, Wojciech Weiss, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Witold Wojtkiewicz, Leon Wyczółkowski, Stanisław Wyspiański Exhibition: Kunsthalle München, Germany (25.03. - 07.08.2022).

"Polish painting at the turn of the twentieth century carries the beholder away to a world of myths and legends, dreamlike landscapes, ancient traditions and customs, and the depths of the human soul. In a nation without sovreignty--until its independence in 1918, Poland had been partitioned between the Kingom of Prussia as well as the Russian and the Austo-Hungarian Empires--a young generation of artists followed the call of a "silent rebellion": it was about nothing less than the renewal of painting. With their works, they created what was lacking in the political arena: a common identity. Drawing inspiration from Polish history, culture, and the natural environment, they also looked outwareds to the artistic centers of Munich, Paris, Saint Petersburg, and Vienna. Presenting over one hundred and thirty important works from public and private collections, this volume sheds light on the blossoming of Polish art between 1890 and 1918, contextualizing it in the cultural, social, and political background of both Poland and Europe"-- Publisher's description, lower cover.

Contents:

Preface / Roger Diederen

Partner's Welcome Message / Barbara Schabowska

Introduction / Albert Godetzky and Nerina Santorius

Duty and Freedom: The Role of Art and the Artist in Poland in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century / Agnieszka Baginska

Between Paris and Saint Petersburg: Polish Artists and European Art aroudn 1900 / Agnieszka Baginska

Landscapes of Grief and Hope: Urszula Kozakowska-Zaucha

Gamins of the Studio: Youth and Childhood as Subjects in Polish Painting around 1900 / Albert Godetzky

Hidden Forces: Myths and Mythicization in Polish Painting around 1900 / Nerina Santorius

"A Living Matter": On Tradition and Religion in the Paintings of the Young Poland Movement / Agnieszka Skalska

Tête-à-Tête with the Portrait: The Renewal of Polish Portrait Painting at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / Michael Haake

The "Naked Soul": Polish Painting at the Fin de Siècle as Reflected in the Writings of Stanisław Przybyszewski / Nerina Santorius

Laughter, Horror, and Melancholy: The Picturesque Theater of Witold Wojtkiewicz

Happy Endings? "Polonia's" Ever-Shifting Image / Albert Godetzky

Appendix

Bibliography

Artists Index

Lenders and Acknowledgments

Photo Credits

Colophon.

Notes:

Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung (Kunsthalle München), March 25 - August 7, 2022--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-292) and index.

Local Notes:

"Silent Rebels: Polish Symbolism around 1900" : March 25-August 7, 2022, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany.

In conjunction with an exhibition held at the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung (Kunsthalle München), March 25 - August 7, 2022.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

German edition

ISBN:

9783777438566

3777438561

OCLC:

1311261556

Publisher Number:

9783777438566