DOI issue:
No. 356 (November 1922)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21396#0308
STUDIO-TALK
Laszczka himself, as a sculptor, is pene-
trated by a strot?g sense of reality. He was
a leading influence in a remarkable revival
of interest in the plastic arts generally
which influenced Poland about twenty-five
years ago. In Cracow, with Laszczka as one
of the founders, there was formed the
Artistic Circle called " Sztuka "—that is,
Art—which comprised all the more pro-
minent Polish painters and sculptors. In
painting it was inspired by the creations of
the famous Swiss painter, Arnold Bocklin,
The movement was Realist rather than
Classical. It cultivated the impressionist
sketch rather than the traditional details.
So it was that Laszczka turned for his
inspiration to the people and types in his
" a polish peasant girl "
by constantin laszczka
CRACOW. — Constantin Laszczka is
one of the best known of the Polish
sculptors, and may in some sense be said
to have inspired a school. Up till about
ten years ago he would have been admitted
without demur to be the foremost of his
profession in this country, and if now there
are younger men contesting the palm wich
him, this is only a tribute to the artistic
vitality of Poland as well as to the inspiring
effect of his own work. Untr'l a short time
ago, when he retired, he was professor of
Sculpture in the Cracow Academy of Fine
Arts, and for quite three years acted as
Principal of that Academy. In this position
he showed notable organizing gifts, and
made the Academy a centre of influence
throughout the whole of what were then
the dissevered realms of Poland. He was
fortunate in the place where his career
was cast. Cracow is a city of old renown.
It has a castle, museums, old buildings,
ancient traditions and a cultured society,
and someof Laszczka'ssculptures,which are
generally of small size, have found a place
"nude study." by
of repose in the city's National Museum. c. lasz'czka
288
Laszczka himself, as a sculptor, is pene-
trated by a strot?g sense of reality. He was
a leading influence in a remarkable revival
of interest in the plastic arts generally
which influenced Poland about twenty-five
years ago. In Cracow, with Laszczka as one
of the founders, there was formed the
Artistic Circle called " Sztuka "—that is,
Art—which comprised all the more pro-
minent Polish painters and sculptors. In
painting it was inspired by the creations of
the famous Swiss painter, Arnold Bocklin,
The movement was Realist rather than
Classical. It cultivated the impressionist
sketch rather than the traditional details.
So it was that Laszczka turned for his
inspiration to the people and types in his
" a polish peasant girl "
by constantin laszczka
CRACOW. — Constantin Laszczka is
one of the best known of the Polish
sculptors, and may in some sense be said
to have inspired a school. Up till about
ten years ago he would have been admitted
without demur to be the foremost of his
profession in this country, and if now there
are younger men contesting the palm wich
him, this is only a tribute to the artistic
vitality of Poland as well as to the inspiring
effect of his own work. Untr'l a short time
ago, when he retired, he was professor of
Sculpture in the Cracow Academy of Fine
Arts, and for quite three years acted as
Principal of that Academy. In this position
he showed notable organizing gifts, and
made the Academy a centre of influence
throughout the whole of what were then
the dissevered realms of Poland. He was
fortunate in the place where his career
was cast. Cracow is a city of old renown.
It has a castle, museums, old buildings,
ancient traditions and a cultured society,
and someof Laszczka'ssculptures,which are
generally of small size, have found a place
"nude study." by
of repose in the city's National Museum. c. lasz'czka
288