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A catalogue of clocks and a catalogue oi Renaissance Sile-
sian inlaid work — not only in museum coliections — have
been published.
The Cabinet oi Graphic Art asa separate unit
comprising both graphic art and drawing was estabiished
in 1952.
The first exhibits acquired, of iconographic value mainiy,
came from the remains of the collections salvaged from the
old Wrociaw museums. The further growth of the Cabinet
was due to transfers, made from Lvov museums by the
USSR and from museum repositories, as weli as to syste-
matic purchases. Alongside of graphic art pertaining to the
iconography of Silesia and constituting one of the larger
documentary coliections of its kind, Polish graphic art is
represented by a more modest number of works including,
nevertheiess, some 19th-century drawings of unique vaiue,
such as Images of Polish Kings and Princes by J. Matejko,
the "War" and "Warsaw" series of drawings by A. Grottger,
or "The Song of the Legions" by J. Kossak. Amidst foreign
graphic art, the most richly represented is German graphic
art ranging from 15th- and 16th-century woodcuts to portrait
engravings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Among the
works of English graphic art, one may distinguish W. Ho-
garth's moralistic engravings as well as mezzotints by such
artists as V. Green, R. Earlom and Ch. Hodges; in Dutcn
graphic art, the most numerous group comprises 17th-cen-
tury copperplates; French graphic art is represented chiefly
by 17th- and 18th-century engravings, and by the names
of such engravers as R. Nanteuil, J. Callot, G. Audran,
P. Drevet, G. Edelinck, N. Tardieu and J. Balechou.
Section of Contemporary Art — comprising
painting, graphic art, ceramics and glassware and, to a lesser
extent, also sculpture. The collections in the fields of paint-
ing and graphic art contain works by nearly all contem-
porary Polish painters and graphic artists of distinction, and
the collection of ceramics and glassware is the most complete
in Poland — with special attention devoted to the Wroclaw
art centre. The specific feature of this Section consists in
the close connection between the so-called pure art (paint-
ing, sculpture and graphic art) and the so-called applied
art (ceramics and glassware).
The Cabinet of Polish Photography was
established in 1963. The basis for it was the collection of
photographs turned over to the Museum by the Photoclub
of Wroclaw. The Cabinet collects, and conducts expert
research on the works of Polish photographers from the
very beginnings of this new art. Among the more valuable
are: a collection of daguerreotypes, photographs by Czecho-
wicz from 1873, works by J. Bulhak, Mikolasch and others.
The Section of Arms and of National Li-
beration Struggles in Silesia covers, in principle,
the social and political history of Silesia as a whole, with
special attention devoted to military history. The most nu-
merous group of exhibits is that of military objects — from
samples of mediaeval arms to the most modern weapons
from the time of World War II. Also interesting is the rare
collection of hunting arms from the 16th and 17th centuries.
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A catalogue of clocks and a catalogue oi Renaissance Sile-
sian inlaid work — not only in museum coliections — have
been published.
The Cabinet oi Graphic Art asa separate unit
comprising both graphic art and drawing was estabiished
in 1952.
The first exhibits acquired, of iconographic value mainiy,
came from the remains of the collections salvaged from the
old Wrociaw museums. The further growth of the Cabinet
was due to transfers, made from Lvov museums by the
USSR and from museum repositories, as weli as to syste-
matic purchases. Alongside of graphic art pertaining to the
iconography of Silesia and constituting one of the larger
documentary coliections of its kind, Polish graphic art is
represented by a more modest number of works including,
nevertheiess, some 19th-century drawings of unique vaiue,
such as Images of Polish Kings and Princes by J. Matejko,
the "War" and "Warsaw" series of drawings by A. Grottger,
or "The Song of the Legions" by J. Kossak. Amidst foreign
graphic art, the most richly represented is German graphic
art ranging from 15th- and 16th-century woodcuts to portrait
engravings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Among the
works of English graphic art, one may distinguish W. Ho-
garth's moralistic engravings as well as mezzotints by such
artists as V. Green, R. Earlom and Ch. Hodges; in Dutcn
graphic art, the most numerous group comprises 17th-cen-
tury copperplates; French graphic art is represented chiefly
by 17th- and 18th-century engravings, and by the names
of such engravers as R. Nanteuil, J. Callot, G. Audran,
P. Drevet, G. Edelinck, N. Tardieu and J. Balechou.
Section of Contemporary Art — comprising
painting, graphic art, ceramics and glassware and, to a lesser
extent, also sculpture. The collections in the fields of paint-
ing and graphic art contain works by nearly all contem-
porary Polish painters and graphic artists of distinction, and
the collection of ceramics and glassware is the most complete
in Poland — with special attention devoted to the Wroclaw
art centre. The specific feature of this Section consists in
the close connection between the so-called pure art (paint-
ing, sculpture and graphic art) and the so-called applied
art (ceramics and glassware).
The Cabinet of Polish Photography was
established in 1963. The basis for it was the collection of
photographs turned over to the Museum by the Photoclub
of Wroclaw. The Cabinet collects, and conducts expert
research on the works of Polish photographers from the
very beginnings of this new art. Among the more valuable
are: a collection of daguerreotypes, photographs by Czecho-
wicz from 1873, works by J. Bulhak, Mikolasch and others.
The Section of Arms and of National Li-
beration Struggles in Silesia covers, in principle,
the social and political history of Silesia as a whole, with
special attention devoted to military history. The most nu-
merous group of exhibits is that of military objects — from
samples of mediaeval arms to the most modern weapons
from the time of World War II. Also interesting is the rare
collection of hunting arms from the 16th and 17th centuries.
302