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Wójcik, Agata: Inspiracje sztuką ludową w meblarstwie artystów kręgu Towarzystwa Polska Sztuka Stosowana
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they could lay foundations for futurę art.”10 And there were many morę state-
ments in the same vein.
The tpss presented also folk crafts in its own journal, published sińce Novem-
ber 1902, titled “Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Polska Sztuka Stosowana. Materiały”
[Publication of the Polish Applied Arts Society. Materials]. The journal was edited
by Jerzy Warchałowski and Edward Trojanowski, and from issue ten, Józef Czaj-
kowski and Jan Bukowski joined in. The journal had no scientific purpose, but
instead it proposed “to offer a series of artistic impressions and to extract artistic
elements from a certain field of phenomena.”11 The issues of the journal were
meant to provide access to folk patterns for those who could not view the tpss
collections and exhibitions directly It sometimes featured a short introductory
editorial and a number of high-quality reproduction cards that the reader could
group by category - regions, motifs, etc. The tpss reproduced folk materiał from
different regions of the country. From the first to the fifth issue, the pages of the
journal filled with photos of kontusz sashes, folk furniture, painted decorations
of cottage interiors, household appliances, paper cutting arts, Easter eggs, and
embroidery. The editors took great care to include information about the place
of origin, authorship, the collection from which the given object originated, and
the person who copied the reproduced object.
From the very beginning, the tpss collected objects and drawings that docu-
mented folk crafts, and the collection grew with successive donations from lovers
of folk art.12 In 1909 the inventory book counted 1,950 records, but there were
many morę actual objects in the collection, because several items were often
entered under one record.13 The largest group was madę up of paper cutting arts
and their copies, including those from Łowicz and Kurpie regions. Due to the lack
of space, the original pieces of folk furniture were not included in the collection,
but their drawings were compiled instead, especially those of painted chests.
Among the assembled objects there was also a significant number of Easter egg
drawings. Furthermore, there was a large group of folk costumes and household
items, their drawings and photographs. Among other things, the Society was in-
terested in scoops, strainers, spoon racks, boxes, jugs, pots, distaffs, bowls, spoons,
knives, harnesses and fittings. The collections were stored at the tpss headquar-
ters and it was possible to view them every day, free of charge. The Society also
gladly loaned the collected items, for example, in 1904, a part of the collections
was madę available to the Warsaw School of Fine Arts, beginning with paper
cutting items, which were to become inspiration to art students.14 A significant
portion of the objects collected by the tpss is currently kept in the Ethnographic
Museum in Kraków.
10 Z. Seidlerowa, Wystawa Krakowskiego Towarzystwa Sztuki Stosowanej, “Bluszcz”, 1902, no. 43,
pp. 512-513.
11 11. sprawozdanie Towarzystwa “Polska Sztuka Stosowana’ w Krakowie 1903, Kraków 1904,
pp. 12-13.
12 See: A. Wójcik, Kolekcja ludowego rzemiosła i dokumentacji sztuki użytkowej początku xx wieku
Towarzystwa Polska Sztuka Stosowana, in: Polskie kolekcjonerstwo rzemiosła artystycznego,
M. Białonowska, M. Bryl, A. Frąckowska (eds.), Warszawa 2018, pp. 98-103.
13 viii. sprawozdanie Towarzystwa “Połska Sztuka Stosowana” w Krakowie r. 1909, Kraków 1909,
p.8.
14 J. Warchałowski, O Towarzystwo Polskiej Sztuki Stosowanej w Krakowie, “Słowo Polskie”, 1904,
no. 457, pp. 1-2.
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ments in the same vein.
The tpss presented also folk crafts in its own journal, published sińce Novem-
ber 1902, titled “Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Polska Sztuka Stosowana. Materiały”
[Publication of the Polish Applied Arts Society. Materials]. The journal was edited
by Jerzy Warchałowski and Edward Trojanowski, and from issue ten, Józef Czaj-
kowski and Jan Bukowski joined in. The journal had no scientific purpose, but
instead it proposed “to offer a series of artistic impressions and to extract artistic
elements from a certain field of phenomena.”11 The issues of the journal were
meant to provide access to folk patterns for those who could not view the tpss
collections and exhibitions directly It sometimes featured a short introductory
editorial and a number of high-quality reproduction cards that the reader could
group by category - regions, motifs, etc. The tpss reproduced folk materiał from
different regions of the country. From the first to the fifth issue, the pages of the
journal filled with photos of kontusz sashes, folk furniture, painted decorations
of cottage interiors, household appliances, paper cutting arts, Easter eggs, and
embroidery. The editors took great care to include information about the place
of origin, authorship, the collection from which the given object originated, and
the person who copied the reproduced object.
From the very beginning, the tpss collected objects and drawings that docu-
mented folk crafts, and the collection grew with successive donations from lovers
of folk art.12 In 1909 the inventory book counted 1,950 records, but there were
many morę actual objects in the collection, because several items were often
entered under one record.13 The largest group was madę up of paper cutting arts
and their copies, including those from Łowicz and Kurpie regions. Due to the lack
of space, the original pieces of folk furniture were not included in the collection,
but their drawings were compiled instead, especially those of painted chests.
Among the assembled objects there was also a significant number of Easter egg
drawings. Furthermore, there was a large group of folk costumes and household
items, their drawings and photographs. Among other things, the Society was in-
terested in scoops, strainers, spoon racks, boxes, jugs, pots, distaffs, bowls, spoons,
knives, harnesses and fittings. The collections were stored at the tpss headquar-
ters and it was possible to view them every day, free of charge. The Society also
gladly loaned the collected items, for example, in 1904, a part of the collections
was madę available to the Warsaw School of Fine Arts, beginning with paper
cutting items, which were to become inspiration to art students.14 A significant
portion of the objects collected by the tpss is currently kept in the Ethnographic
Museum in Kraków.
10 Z. Seidlerowa, Wystawa Krakowskiego Towarzystwa Sztuki Stosowanej, “Bluszcz”, 1902, no. 43,
pp. 512-513.
11 11. sprawozdanie Towarzystwa “Polska Sztuka Stosowana’ w Krakowie 1903, Kraków 1904,
pp. 12-13.
12 See: A. Wójcik, Kolekcja ludowego rzemiosła i dokumentacji sztuki użytkowej początku xx wieku
Towarzystwa Polska Sztuka Stosowana, in: Polskie kolekcjonerstwo rzemiosła artystycznego,
M. Białonowska, M. Bryl, A. Frąckowska (eds.), Warszawa 2018, pp. 98-103.
13 viii. sprawozdanie Towarzystwa “Połska Sztuka Stosowana” w Krakowie r. 1909, Kraków 1909,
p.8.
14 J. Warchałowski, O Towarzystwo Polskiej Sztuki Stosowanej w Krakowie, “Słowo Polskie”, 1904,
no. 457, pp. 1-2.
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