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16-710: Many of the exhibitions were held at the Palace of Art, also known as "Secession" ( Secesja ), the headquarters of the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts , in Kraków Old Town . The term was coined in a manifesto by writer Artur Górski  [ pl ] , published in 1898 in the Kraków newspaper Życie (Life), and was soon adopted in all of partitioned Poland by analogy to similar terms such as Young Germany , Young Belgium , Young Scandinavia, etc. Polish literature of

32-737: A gallery at the Larisch'a Palace, and later in Sukiennice , exhibiting Jan Matejko , among others. Four decades after its original founding, using public donations and funds acquired from the sale of Artur Grottger , on 26 June 1899 the Society began construction of its own Palace of Art along the Planty Park , based on a design by Franciszek Mączyński . It was influenced by the Secession Building in Vienna and

48-655: Is a social group of artists, artisans and their supporters founded in Kraków in 1854, under the Austrian Partition of Poland . Today, the Society operates from the Art Nouveau Palace of Art erected by its own members in 1901 at the Szczepański Square in Kraków Old Town . After major renovations of the Palace in 1996, the Society organizes local and international art exhibits and numerous other art initiatives. The nonprofit Society of Friends of Fine Arts

64-439: Is almost impossible." The Society's mode of operation was based on the experiences of German and Austrian Kunstvereines - art societies. In its early years, TPSP focused on the presentation of works by Polish artists and representatives of European art, whose works were borrowed from societies in Vienna, Prague, Pest, Dresden, Munich, or Mannheim. TPSP's inaugural exhibition took place at the turn of 1854 and 1855. The Society had

80-550: Is also colloquially known as "Secession" ( Secesja ). After two years of meticulous construction, the gallery was ceremonially inaugurated on 11 May 1901 by the Mayor of Kraków, Count Edward Aleksander Raczyński . It was the first Art Nouveau building in the city, inspired by the Ancient Greek temples , with Apollo 's sculpted head above its entrance, and Modernist reliefs on outside walls designed by Professor Jacek Malczewski from

96-955: The Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków . In early 20th century, the Palace run by the Society became one of the main exhibition venues of the Young Poland movement. Today, the reborn Society composed of members of the Rotary International upholds its original mission of promoting contemporary art, both Polish and international. It organizes art auctions on site, sponsors its own Institute of Research and artwork Documentation ( Instytut Badań i Dokumentacji ) and publishes art catalogues about painting , graphic arts , drawing and sculpture . 50°03′50″N 19°56′06″E  /  50.0640°N 19.9349°E  / 50.0640; 19.9349 Zakopane Style Too Many Requests If you report this error to

112-634: The Wawel Cathedral and the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi of Krakow , and he also painted the mural of the Basilica of St. Mary of Krakow . Józef Mehoffer (1869–1946) was a painter and illustrator, but it was his work as a glassmaker that earned him his fame. He made the stained glass windows for the Fribourg Cathedral , as well as for a dozen other churches in Europe. He collaborated with Wyspiański on

128-576: The period of Young Poland there were no overwhelming trends in Polish art. The painters and sculptors tried to continue the romantic traditions with new ways of expression popularised abroad. The most influential trend was Art Nouveau, although Polish artists started to seek also some form of a national style (including styl zakopiański or the Zakopane style). Both sculpture and painting were also heavily influenced by all forms of symbolism. Stanisław Wyspiański

144-513: The period was based on two main concepts. The earlier was a typically modernist disillusionment with the bourgeoisie , its life style and its culture. Artists following this concept also believed in decadence, an end of all culture, conflict between humans and their civilization, and the concept of art as the highest value ( art for art's sake ). Authors who followed this concept included Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer , Stanisław Przybyszewski , Wacław Rolicz-Lieder and Jan Kasprowicz . A later concept

160-625: The polychromes of the Basilica of St. Mary of Krakow and on the stained glass windows of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in the Wawel Cathedral. The most notable representatives of Polish symbolism are Władysław Podkowiński (1866–1899) and Jacek Malczewski (1854–1929). The latter placed his research in a national current and was particularly interested in the relationship between art and artist. He addressed

176-524: The term Young Poland is applied to an informal group of composers that include Karol Szymanowski , Grzegorz Fitelberg , Ludomir Różycki as well as Mieczysław Karłowicz and Apolinary Szeluto . Almost all educated by Zygmunt Noskowski , the group was under strong influence of neoromanticism in music and especially of foreign composers such as Richard Strauss , Richard Wagner and those belonging to The Mighty Handful group, e.g. Modest Mussorgsky , Alexander Borodin and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov . In

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192-582: The theme of the creator's duty in relation to the national past and reflected on the influence of art in real life. For nearly half a century, Malczewski developed cycles and series, mixing his own symbols with those of tradition, whose meaning he changed with new compositions. However, painting was dominated by French Impressionism. Artists were interested in rural life and exalted landscapes and peasants. Women and children were common subjects. Teodor Axentowicz (1859-1938), Olga Boznańska (1865-1940), and Józef Pankiewicz (1866-1940). Post-impressionist realism

208-952: Was a continuation of romanticism , and as such is often called neo-romanticism. The group of writers following this idea was less organised and the writers themselves covered a large variety of topics in their writings: from sense of mission of a Pole in Stefan Żeromski 's prose, through social inequality described by Władysław Reymont and Gabriela Zapolska to criticism of Polish society and Polish history by Stanisław Wyspiański . Writers of this period include also: Wacław Berent , Jan Kasprowicz, Jan Augustyn Kisielewski , Antoni Lange , Jan Lemański , Bolesław Leśmian , Tadeusz Miciński , Andrzej Niemojewski , Franciszek Nowicki , Władysław Orkan , Artur Oppman , Włodzimierz Perzyński , Tadeusz Rittner , Wacław Sieroszewski , Leopold Staff , Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Maryla Wolska , Eleonora Kalkowska , Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński , and Jerzy Żuławski . In music,

224-485: Was a poet, playwright and painter. His drawing, mainly in pastel, stylized to the extreme flowers, landscapes and portraits of children and actors in a testament to the influence of the Vienna Secession , and perhaps also of Japanese art. He also designed stained glass windows, furniture, carpets depicting religious scenes and floral motifs and with stylized lines and bright colors. His stained glass work can be seen in

240-502: Was established in Kraków in 1854 to promote Polish art and culture , against the foreign rulership of Austria-Hungary. Its initiator, Walery Wielogłowski (1805-1865), was an emigrant activist and publisher living in Cracow since 1848. TPSP's goal was to "shape the heart and disposition of the spirit towards the concept of absolute beauty, thereby developing in the nation a sense of order and harmony, without which true education, or civilization,

256-650: Was represented by the paintings of Władysław Ślewiński (1856-1918), Leon Wyczółkowski (1852-1936), Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1870-1936), and Wojciech Weiss (1875-1950). Witold Wojtkiewicz (1879-1909) et Konrad Krzyżanowski (1872-1922) represented the expressionist tendency. Other painters of this period include Stanislaw Mas-owski, Fryderyk Pautsch, Kazimierz Sichulski, Stanislaw D-bicki, Wadysaw Jarocki, Edward Oku, Wovzimierz Tetmajer and Jan Stanislawwski. Krak%C3%B3w Society of Friends of Fine Arts The Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts ( Polish : Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie , TPSP)

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