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Jan Wiktor Sienkiewicz
Sienkiewicz 2012 = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Sztuka
w poczekalni. Studia z dziejów plastyki polskiej na
emigracji 1939-1989, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uni-
wersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń 2012.
Sienkiewicz 2013 = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Artyści
Andersa. Continuita e novitd, Oficyna Wydawnicza
Kucharski, Warszawa-Toruń 2013.
Sienkiewicz 2013a = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Les arti-
stesplasticienspolonais au Liban 1942-1952, Amba-
sada RP w Bejrucie, Bejrut 2013.
Sienkiewicz2013b = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Polish
artists in Lebanon, Ambasada RP w Bejrucie, Bejrut
2013.
Sienkiewicz 2013c = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Polscy ar-
tyści plastycy w Libanie 1942-1952, Ambasada RP
w Bejrucie, Bejrut 2013.
Sienkiewicz 2014 = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Artyści
Andersa. Continuita e novitd, Wspólnota Polska,
Warszawa 2014.
Szrodt 2010 = Szrodt, Katarzyna: „Powojenna emi-
gracja polskich artystów do Kanady - rozwój życia
artystycznego w nowej rzeczywistości w latach 40.
i 50. XX wieku”, Archiwum Emigracji. Studia, szkice,
dokumenty, 1-2 (2010): 242-270.
W Drodze 1944 = W Drodze, 16 (1944).
Jan Wiktor Sienkiewicz
Cedar and Eagle. Polish Artists in Beirut 1942-1952
In the years 1942-1947, throughout the Near and Middle East and on to Africa and the Apennine Pen-
insula, there marched a wave of Polish artists, together with General Władysław Anders. Among the ranks
of the Polish Armed Forces in the East and then the Polish Second Corps, irrespective of the military
regime and unfavourable conditions for artistic expression, they managed to creatc the grounds for artistic
development, by facilitating the organization of exhibitions, by collecting materiał help, by organizing
artistic societies, groups and workrooms, and even by establishing an independent painting school. The
presentations of Polish art, organized after the army had left the USSR in the countries of the Near and
Middle East and especially in Beirut, testified to the vitality and high quality of Polish painting, also serv-
ing an undeniably useful propaganda function in the contemporary Lebanon.
This resulted in hundreds of printed reviews, critiques, reports and relations devoted to the contem-
porary Polish art, published across the pages of the English, French and Arab press at that time, which
focused on the essenrial and vibrant connection between Polish and Western cultures. The paintings,
drawings and sculptures created at that time were only slightly touching upon the theme of war. On the
contrary, the encounter between Polish artists, who had escaped Soviet enslavement, and new cultural
environments in the form of non-European art, with the intensity of colour and light of the Near and
Middle East (unknown in Poland), created new artistic perspectives, which in turn paved the way for the
development of new talents and artistic careers. The present study presents a panorama of the life and
work of Polish students at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) from 1942 until 1952 and the
activities of Polish School of Painting and Drawing in Beirut, run by an artist Bolesław Вааке sińce 1947.
Jan Wiktor Sienkiewicz
Sienkiewicz 2012 = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Sztuka
w poczekalni. Studia z dziejów plastyki polskiej na
emigracji 1939-1989, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uni-
wersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń 2012.
Sienkiewicz 2013 = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Artyści
Andersa. Continuita e novitd, Oficyna Wydawnicza
Kucharski, Warszawa-Toruń 2013.
Sienkiewicz 2013a = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Les arti-
stesplasticienspolonais au Liban 1942-1952, Amba-
sada RP w Bejrucie, Bejrut 2013.
Sienkiewicz2013b = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Polish
artists in Lebanon, Ambasada RP w Bejrucie, Bejrut
2013.
Sienkiewicz 2013c = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Polscy ar-
tyści plastycy w Libanie 1942-1952, Ambasada RP
w Bejrucie, Bejrut 2013.
Sienkiewicz 2014 = Sienkiewicz, Jan Wiktor: Artyści
Andersa. Continuita e novitd, Wspólnota Polska,
Warszawa 2014.
Szrodt 2010 = Szrodt, Katarzyna: „Powojenna emi-
gracja polskich artystów do Kanady - rozwój życia
artystycznego w nowej rzeczywistości w latach 40.
i 50. XX wieku”, Archiwum Emigracji. Studia, szkice,
dokumenty, 1-2 (2010): 242-270.
W Drodze 1944 = W Drodze, 16 (1944).
Jan Wiktor Sienkiewicz
Cedar and Eagle. Polish Artists in Beirut 1942-1952
In the years 1942-1947, throughout the Near and Middle East and on to Africa and the Apennine Pen-
insula, there marched a wave of Polish artists, together with General Władysław Anders. Among the ranks
of the Polish Armed Forces in the East and then the Polish Second Corps, irrespective of the military
regime and unfavourable conditions for artistic expression, they managed to creatc the grounds for artistic
development, by facilitating the organization of exhibitions, by collecting materiał help, by organizing
artistic societies, groups and workrooms, and even by establishing an independent painting school. The
presentations of Polish art, organized after the army had left the USSR in the countries of the Near and
Middle East and especially in Beirut, testified to the vitality and high quality of Polish painting, also serv-
ing an undeniably useful propaganda function in the contemporary Lebanon.
This resulted in hundreds of printed reviews, critiques, reports and relations devoted to the contem-
porary Polish art, published across the pages of the English, French and Arab press at that time, which
focused on the essenrial and vibrant connection between Polish and Western cultures. The paintings,
drawings and sculptures created at that time were only slightly touching upon the theme of war. On the
contrary, the encounter between Polish artists, who had escaped Soviet enslavement, and new cultural
environments in the form of non-European art, with the intensity of colour and light of the Near and
Middle East (unknown in Poland), created new artistic perspectives, which in turn paved the way for the
development of new talents and artistic careers. The present study presents a panorama of the life and
work of Polish students at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) from 1942 until 1952 and the
activities of Polish School of Painting and Drawing in Beirut, run by an artist Bolesław Вааке sińce 1947.