DOI Artikel:
Bednarek, Anna: "Mała pamiąteczka", czyli o fotografiach obrazów Saturnina Świerzyńskiego ofiarowanych Józefowi Łepkowskiemu
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.40996#0100
The author of a greater number of the reproductions of the Świerzyńskis paintings, taken
sińce 1867, was Awit Szubert who ran one of such studios. With reference to the remaining
photographs, his authorship appears to be probable, though no conclusive evidence exists.
This long-term cooperation of the painter and the photographer constitutes one of a few
examples of such cooperation in Poland. Nonetheless, insufficient research does not allow
us to unequivocally State and locate them against the activities undertaken by other artists.
There is every likelihood that the photographs of the Świerzyńskis paintings were taken to
his order. However, the reasons for which he took photographs of them remain unknown.
This act of taking photographs could have been linked to his care for documenting his own
oeuvre. Most probably the photographs served as gifts for his family and friends, the example
of which are the photographs from the Photo Library given to Łepkowski. Nevertheless, we
do not know much about his acąuaintance with Świerzyński. The above-mentioned prints
were kept in the collection of Łepkowski until 1892, when Konstanty Przezdziecki purchased
it and gave it to the Archaeological Studio of the Jagiellonian University. In subseąuent years
this Studio was numerously transformed, owing to which the analysed photographs became
a part of the Photo Library of the Jagiellonian University. #
Translated by Joanna Szczepańska-Włoch
98
ARTYKUŁY
Anna Bednarek
sińce 1867, was Awit Szubert who ran one of such studios. With reference to the remaining
photographs, his authorship appears to be probable, though no conclusive evidence exists.
This long-term cooperation of the painter and the photographer constitutes one of a few
examples of such cooperation in Poland. Nonetheless, insufficient research does not allow
us to unequivocally State and locate them against the activities undertaken by other artists.
There is every likelihood that the photographs of the Świerzyńskis paintings were taken to
his order. However, the reasons for which he took photographs of them remain unknown.
This act of taking photographs could have been linked to his care for documenting his own
oeuvre. Most probably the photographs served as gifts for his family and friends, the example
of which are the photographs from the Photo Library given to Łepkowski. Nevertheless, we
do not know much about his acąuaintance with Świerzyński. The above-mentioned prints
were kept in the collection of Łepkowski until 1892, when Konstanty Przezdziecki purchased
it and gave it to the Archaeological Studio of the Jagiellonian University. In subseąuent years
this Studio was numerously transformed, owing to which the analysed photographs became
a part of the Photo Library of the Jagiellonian University. #
Translated by Joanna Szczepańska-Włoch
98
ARTYKUŁY
Anna Bednarek