DOI Artikel:
Krzysztofowicz-Kozakowska, Stefania: Stara, sercu memu bardzo droga bestyo
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26693#0087
‘You old beast, so close to my heart”. Summary
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growing behind my back”; and the painter Ferdynand Ruszczyć, who offered Jasieński ..
all the elements, as soon as I paint them.”
Reąuests to purchase an artwork were different in tonę, such as that from the painter
Tymon Niesiołowski, who admitted: “Here I stand, in utmost poverty”, or Wojciecha Kos-
sak, who noted: “A nobleman has come but with no money, scoundrel”.
At times friendły, at times very straightforward, the style of the correspondence is
a good illustration of the interests, conflicts, problems or even pranks and jokes of the art
dealers' circles, as well as current collecting methods and art prices. Yet above all, it tells
us morę about the unique personality of Feliks Jasieński nicknamed “Manggha” by some,
and “Felix the Globetrotter” “Supporter”, “Monkey”, “Friend”, “Filidor”, “Man of Gold”,
“Mio Caro”, “Lucky Dołęga”, “Prometeion”, “the Darling Madman” “Vieux-Serpent-aux
lunettes”, “Art Salesman”, and “the Stormy Master” by others.
85
growing behind my back”; and the painter Ferdynand Ruszczyć, who offered Jasieński ..
all the elements, as soon as I paint them.”
Reąuests to purchase an artwork were different in tonę, such as that from the painter
Tymon Niesiołowski, who admitted: “Here I stand, in utmost poverty”, or Wojciecha Kos-
sak, who noted: “A nobleman has come but with no money, scoundrel”.
At times friendły, at times very straightforward, the style of the correspondence is
a good illustration of the interests, conflicts, problems or even pranks and jokes of the art
dealers' circles, as well as current collecting methods and art prices. Yet above all, it tells
us morę about the unique personality of Feliks Jasieński nicknamed “Manggha” by some,
and “Felix the Globetrotter” “Supporter”, “Monkey”, “Friend”, “Filidor”, “Man of Gold”,
“Mio Caro”, “Lucky Dołęga”, “Prometeion”, “the Darling Madman” “Vieux-Serpent-aux
lunettes”, “Art Salesman”, and “the Stormy Master” by others.