KOSSOWSKA IRENA and KOSSOWSKI ŁUKASZ - POLISH PAINTING. SYMBOLISM AND YOUNG POLAND.
ARKADY Publishing House, Warsaw 2010. vivid illustrations, reprints. Publisher's hardcover with wrapper and case. Very good condition.
An intricate weave of philosophical reflection, poetic inspiration and literary references shaped the sensibilities of painters, printmakers and sculptors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Elevated to the rank of the main tool of cognition, extreme subjectivism and individualism, unlimited creative freedom, these are the most important slogans of the heralds of the new artistic formation and at the same time the hallmarks of the symbolist aesthetics of that period. Richly illustrated with works by, among others, Malczewski, Ruszczyc, Wojtkiewicz, Chelmonski, Gierymski, Podkowiński, Pankiewicz, Wyspianski, the album comprehensively presents Polish painting of the Symbolist and Young Poland periods. It presents the genesis of this current, its most significant achievements and consequences for the further development of Polish art.
