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DOI article:Luba, Iwona: Pałac Rządowy na Powszechnej Wystawie Krajowej w Poznaniu: propagandowa funkcja sztuki =
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PAŁAC RZĄDOWY NA POWSZECHNEJ WYSTAWIE KRAJOWEJ W POZNANIU
463
Nie licząc reliefów Miszewskiego, stało się odwrotnie. Wykorzystano do celów propa-
gandowych dzieła sztuki wypożyczone z muzeów, archiwów i od osób prywatnych. Prace
te same w sobie często pozbawione były czytelnej wykładni ideologicznej lub wręcz nie
miały żadnej. Zestawione razem, w wielkiej liczbie, tworzyły imponujący obraz dawnej
i najnowszej polskiej historii. Oddziałując na siebie, podbijały swą propagandową wymo-
wę lub wręcz dopiero wówczas ją zyskiwały.
Cytowany już Adam Heydel ostro skrytykował Wystawę Rządową za sugestywne złu-
dzenie dostatku i rozkwitu gospodarczego, nieznajdujące poparcia w faktach. Nie pochwa-
lał także nadmiernie rozbudowanego pawilonu rządowego dominującego nad wszystkimi
innymi na PWK. Nawet on jednak wyrażał się pozytywnie na temat skuteczności propa-
gandowej wystawy: „Raz jeszcze podkreślam, ze należy oddzielić ten smutny obraz złej
gospodarki, od faktu świetnie urządzonej i udanej w całej pełni wystawy. [...] Swoją rolę
propagandy i uświadomienia spełniła Wystawa bardzo pomyślnie. Mam przed sobą zbiór
głosów zagranicznych o P.W.K. Wszystkie są pochwalne"^.
The Poznań Exhibition of 1929 was organised with
an aim to commemorating the tenth anniversary of
Poland regaining its independence. An unusually
important propagandist fnnction was attached to the
event held between 16th May and 30th September,
this being as much intended for the Polish and
emigrant recipient as guest and observers from
beyond the Polish world. The task set the exhibition
organisers was to demonstrate the excellent
condition of the State, effectively eradicating the
differences between the three former partitions. The
Exhibition (known popularly as the "PWK", based
on the abbreviated Polish title: Powszecń/M
lEusTaHYz Kra/owa) was supposed to serve as a
testimony to national (re-)conciliation in the wake of
the divisive events surrounding the May eony
of 1926. The new govemment of the Second
Republic committed itself to organising the first all-
country exhibition of its kind at Poznań in
accordance with a decree issued on 5th January
1927. On 18th February of the following year, the
president, Ignacy Mościcki, adopted the function of
patron to the planned exhibition. On 27th Septem-
ber, Józef Piłsudski, the true leading figurę of power
sińce the eony and First Marshal of Poland,
accepted, in his official capacity as President to the
Council of Ministers, the title of president to the
Honorary Committee of the "PWK".
The 'Sanitation' govemment (Pol.: Sonac/o)
exp!oited the Poznań exhibition for its own
objectives of both professionally and effectively
promoting its own work, stressing that the period
required to prepare for the "PWK" had taken up
three out of those ten years of its existence. The Ex-
hibition promoting the State in its numerous
incamations was, however, to adopt the form of a
generał display both by name and in reality. The
failure of this generał pro-state character to placate
the regime's ambitions explains the decision that it
also participate directly in the All-Poland Exhibition
in the role of a separate exhibitor with its own
expositional space. AU govemment departments
were obliged to organise their own presentations and
to nominate delegates alongside commissions
responsible for their preparation. The carrying out
of this project was supervised by a specially formed
commissariat to the Govemment Exhibition on the
basis of a resolution passed at the level of the
Council of Ministers on 26th October 1928. The
head of this commission was the Minister-
plenipotentiary, Karol Bertoni, who had previously
served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The
govemment was ab)e to make use, above all else, of
the of Poznań University,
which was completed in time for the Exhibition's
opening and adapted for the duration into what was
HEYDEL, op. cit., s. 20-21.
463
Nie licząc reliefów Miszewskiego, stało się odwrotnie. Wykorzystano do celów propa-
gandowych dzieła sztuki wypożyczone z muzeów, archiwów i od osób prywatnych. Prace
te same w sobie często pozbawione były czytelnej wykładni ideologicznej lub wręcz nie
miały żadnej. Zestawione razem, w wielkiej liczbie, tworzyły imponujący obraz dawnej
i najnowszej polskiej historii. Oddziałując na siebie, podbijały swą propagandową wymo-
wę lub wręcz dopiero wówczas ją zyskiwały.
Cytowany już Adam Heydel ostro skrytykował Wystawę Rządową za sugestywne złu-
dzenie dostatku i rozkwitu gospodarczego, nieznajdujące poparcia w faktach. Nie pochwa-
lał także nadmiernie rozbudowanego pawilonu rządowego dominującego nad wszystkimi
innymi na PWK. Nawet on jednak wyrażał się pozytywnie na temat skuteczności propa-
gandowej wystawy: „Raz jeszcze podkreślam, ze należy oddzielić ten smutny obraz złej
gospodarki, od faktu świetnie urządzonej i udanej w całej pełni wystawy. [...] Swoją rolę
propagandy i uświadomienia spełniła Wystawa bardzo pomyślnie. Mam przed sobą zbiór
głosów zagranicznych o P.W.K. Wszystkie są pochwalne"^.
The Poznań Exhibition of 1929 was organised with
an aim to commemorating the tenth anniversary of
Poland regaining its independence. An unusually
important propagandist fnnction was attached to the
event held between 16th May and 30th September,
this being as much intended for the Polish and
emigrant recipient as guest and observers from
beyond the Polish world. The task set the exhibition
organisers was to demonstrate the excellent
condition of the State, effectively eradicating the
differences between the three former partitions. The
Exhibition (known popularly as the "PWK", based
on the abbreviated Polish title: Powszecń/M
lEusTaHYz Kra/owa) was supposed to serve as a
testimony to national (re-)conciliation in the wake of
the divisive events surrounding the May eony
of 1926. The new govemment of the Second
Republic committed itself to organising the first all-
country exhibition of its kind at Poznań in
accordance with a decree issued on 5th January
1927. On 18th February of the following year, the
president, Ignacy Mościcki, adopted the function of
patron to the planned exhibition. On 27th Septem-
ber, Józef Piłsudski, the true leading figurę of power
sińce the eony and First Marshal of Poland,
accepted, in his official capacity as President to the
Council of Ministers, the title of president to the
Honorary Committee of the "PWK".
The 'Sanitation' govemment (Pol.: Sonac/o)
exp!oited the Poznań exhibition for its own
objectives of both professionally and effectively
promoting its own work, stressing that the period
required to prepare for the "PWK" had taken up
three out of those ten years of its existence. The Ex-
hibition promoting the State in its numerous
incamations was, however, to adopt the form of a
generał display both by name and in reality. The
failure of this generał pro-state character to placate
the regime's ambitions explains the decision that it
also participate directly in the All-Poland Exhibition
in the role of a separate exhibitor with its own
expositional space. AU govemment departments
were obliged to organise their own presentations and
to nominate delegates alongside commissions
responsible for their preparation. The carrying out
of this project was supervised by a specially formed
commissariat to the Govemment Exhibition on the
basis of a resolution passed at the level of the
Council of Ministers on 26th October 1928. The
head of this commission was the Minister-
plenipotentiary, Karol Bertoni, who had previously
served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The
govemment was ab)e to make use, above all else, of
the of Poznań University,
which was completed in time for the Exhibition's
opening and adapted for the duration into what was
HEYDEL, op. cit., s. 20-21.