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Katarzyna Kulpińska
Katarzyna Kulpińska
Polish graphic artists in the Paris of the 1920s and the 1930s
- the multiplicity of artistic ideas
and the diversity of outlooks on life
The article is devoted to Polish graphic artists working in Paris during the interwar period (the artists of
Jewish, Polish-Jewish and Polish-Ukrainian origin were included as well). Some of them settled in Paris
permanently (Konstanty Brandel, Louis Marcoussis, Tadeusz Makowski, Joseph Hecht, Sonia Lewicka,
Franciszek Prochaska) and found their place in the international artistic community. Others, like Jan
Rubczak, Karol Mondral, Stefan Mrożewski, or Janusz Berszten Tłomakowski, wanted to spend several
years in the Capital of art, as it was an essential step in the process of their artistic education (Władysław
Skoczylas, Tadeusz Cieślewski, Jr., Tadeusz Kulisiewicz, Janusz Maria Brzeski, Wiktor Podoski, Wacław
Wąsowicz, Leon Płoszay, Fiszel Zylberberg (Zber), Alojzy Majcher, Stefania Drettler- Flin, Józefa Kra-
tochwilaWidymska, Maria Gutkowska-Rychlewska). Two main trends or Creative concepts could be dis-
tinguished among those artists. They can be briefly characterized as follows: 1) graphic art closely con-
nected with the paintings of a given artist; 2) graphic works by the artists who found their own modę of
expression in purely graphic forms, typical for a given technique. Many of the aforementioned artists were
involved in the book arts, a few were excellent illustrators. This article is merely an outline, an attempt to
identify the graphic oeuvres of these lesser-known artists from the time when they stayed in Paris, as well
as a summary of the achievements of the outstanding graphic designers, and further, an attempt to deter-
mine the possible impact of the Paris period to the artistic endeavors of the artists who returned to Poland.
Katarzyna Kulpińska
Katarzyna Kulpińska
Polish graphic artists in the Paris of the 1920s and the 1930s
- the multiplicity of artistic ideas
and the diversity of outlooks on life
The article is devoted to Polish graphic artists working in Paris during the interwar period (the artists of
Jewish, Polish-Jewish and Polish-Ukrainian origin were included as well). Some of them settled in Paris
permanently (Konstanty Brandel, Louis Marcoussis, Tadeusz Makowski, Joseph Hecht, Sonia Lewicka,
Franciszek Prochaska) and found their place in the international artistic community. Others, like Jan
Rubczak, Karol Mondral, Stefan Mrożewski, or Janusz Berszten Tłomakowski, wanted to spend several
years in the Capital of art, as it was an essential step in the process of their artistic education (Władysław
Skoczylas, Tadeusz Cieślewski, Jr., Tadeusz Kulisiewicz, Janusz Maria Brzeski, Wiktor Podoski, Wacław
Wąsowicz, Leon Płoszay, Fiszel Zylberberg (Zber), Alojzy Majcher, Stefania Drettler- Flin, Józefa Kra-
tochwilaWidymska, Maria Gutkowska-Rychlewska). Two main trends or Creative concepts could be dis-
tinguished among those artists. They can be briefly characterized as follows: 1) graphic art closely con-
nected with the paintings of a given artist; 2) graphic works by the artists who found their own modę of
expression in purely graphic forms, typical for a given technique. Many of the aforementioned artists were
involved in the book arts, a few were excellent illustrators. This article is merely an outline, an attempt to
identify the graphic oeuvres of these lesser-known artists from the time when they stayed in Paris, as well
as a summary of the achievements of the outstanding graphic designers, and further, an attempt to deter-
mine the possible impact of the Paris period to the artistic endeavors of the artists who returned to Poland.