☕️ At The Cafe ☕️ ... and other meeting places
Paintings by Polish Artist Juliusz Martwy
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"Winter Tale," Ferdynand Ruszczyc, 1904.
Scion of an aristocratic Polish family, Ruszczyc (1870-1936) was a painter, printmaker, and scenic designer. Born in present-day Belarus, and educated in Minsk and St. Petersburg, he traveled to Crimea (to paint seascapes), Berlin (where he discovered the Symbolist style), and western Europe (where he became acquainted with Art Nouveau) before settling in Poland to work and teach first in Warsaw, then in Krakow. One of his Warsaw students was the great Abstract artist M. K. Čiurlionis, whose enigmatic art I've featured before.
It was during his Warsaw period that he painted this, a depiction of a forest pond (the black circle) surrounded by trees covered in heavy frost. His diary speaks of wanting this to resemble a fairy tale scene, and one can spot the influence of Art Nouveau in the curled branches; he wanted them to resemble the lacy curls of frost on a window.
He later moved to Vilnius, Lithuania, and became a major figure in the cultural scene there, designing sets and costumes for a local theater, graphic design, book illustration, and more teaching, eventually becoming the dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at present-day Vilnius University.
From the National Museum in Krakow.
>> Witkacy always skated the thin line between relatability and absurdity; between the educational and the visceral; between life and art. <<
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/documenting-drugs/
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In pursuit of Pure Form, the Polish artist known as “Witkacy” would consume peyote, cocaine, and other intoxicants before creating pastel portraits. Juliette Bretan takes a trip through Witkiewicz’s chemical forays, including his 1932 Narcotics, a genre-bending treatise that warns of the hazards of drugs while seductively recollecting their delirious effects.
Art is all around...
Some of my white and red art to celebrate the Independence Day in Poland today
Sim Barr
The Ghost Monk
Hotspur🏳️🌈🇺🇦
Jonathan Emmesedi
Jarosław Dzedzej aka DJ
Ed Wilk antifascist
Martin Zeller