Modus: Prace z historii sztuki (15.2015)

SUMMARY The article introduces the oriental theme in the work of Pantaleon Szyn-
dler, a slightly forgotten Polish painter from the second half of the nineteenth and the
beginning of the twentieth century. He was trained at art schools in Warsaw, Munich,
Rome and Paris. Oriental themes had appeared in his work since 1872, culminating in
the 1880s and 1890s. Szyndler painted scenes with nudes in oriental stylisation - usually
oriental beauties resting in the tranquillity of seraglio. He successfully presented these
works at the Parisian Salon and on exhibitions in Warsaw. His works won acclaim of
critics, were often reproduced in newspapers and found numerous buyers. The painter
did not have a first-hand knowledge of the Orient and apparently used a few types of
photographs as sources of inspiration Mr his paintings: anthropological, which showed
exotic women; pornographic, representing European models in oriental stylisation; and
photographs depicting oriental' dancers. #

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Agata Wójcik