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Exhibition Review
Conversations with God: Jan Matejko’s Copernicus
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 952-955
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Reviewer:
Fox, Celina (Fox, Celina)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Matejko, Jan
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Polish painting / Astronomers
subjects:
Poland / History
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Conversations with God: Jan Matejko’s Copernicus By Christopher Riopelle, Andrzej Szczerski and Owen Gingerich. 64 pp. incl. 40 col. ills. (National Gallery Company, London, 2021), £14.95. ISBN 978–1–85709–669 –9. | :
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Attributed works:
23. The astronomer Copernicus: conversations with God, by Jan Matejko. 1873. Oil on canvas, 226 by 315 cm. (Jagiellonian University Museum, Kraków; exh. National Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
The First Golden Age. Budapest
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 426-428
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Reviewer:
Fox, Celina (Fox, Celina)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1850-1899
museums and institutions:
Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
places:
Hungary / Budapest
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Central European / Paintings / Austrian painting / Hungarian / Polish painting / Czech painting / Croatian
Illustrations
Attributed works:
80. Christ before Pilate, by Mihály Munkácsy. 1881 (Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest; exh. Mücsarnok, Budapest)
Attributed works:
81. Agitator in the factory canteen, by Károly Kernstok. 1897 (Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest; exh. Mücsarnok, Budapest)
Attributed works:
82. On the hilltop, by Károly Ferenczy. 1901 (Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest; exh. Mücsarnok, Budapest)
Attributed works:
83. Meadow with poppies, by Pál Szinyei Merse. 1901-02 (Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest; exh. Mücsarnok, Budapest)
Book Review
Symbolist Art in Poland
01/2010 | 1282 | 152
Pages: 47-48
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Reviewer:
Brockington, Grace (Brockington, Grace)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009 / 1860-1929
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
print:
Symbolist movement
print:
Polish art
subjects:
Exhibitions / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Symbolist movement / Polish painting / British painting / Nationalism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Symbolist Art in Poland | author: Kopszak, Piotr , editor: Smith, Alison , author: Szczerski, Andrezj
Exhibition Review
Polish art. Norwich
08/2009 | 1277 | 151
Pages: 562-563
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Reviewer:
Radford, Robert (Radford, Robert)
Subjects
artists:
Kantor, Tadeusz
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, Great Britain
places:
Norwich / England
print:
Polish art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Polish painting / Polish sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Take a Look at Me Now: Contemporary Art from Poland | institution: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
subjects:
The Art and Theatre of Tadeusz Kantor: An Impossible Journey | institution: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. Children at their desks, from The dead class, by Tadeusz Kantor. 1975. Mixed media, 150 by 150 by 420 cm. (Cricoteka Collection, Kraków; exh. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, Norwich).
Attributed works:
57. Kolorobloki, by Nicolas Grospierre. 2006. Aluminium, 100 by 70 cm. (Collection of the artist; exh. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, Norwich).
Attributed works:
58. Tanagram, by Anna Molska. 2006–07. Video projection, 4 minutes, 3 seconds. (Foksal Gallery, Warsaw; exh. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, Norwich).
Publication Received
Early Polish Modern Art. Unity in Multiplicity
05/2007 | 1250 | 149
Pages: 339
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Reviewer:
Kierkuc-Bielinski, Jerzy (Kierkuc-Bielinski, Jerzy)
Subjects
dates:
1900-1919
places:
Poland
print:
Polish art
print:
Modern art
subjects:
Polish painting / Polish sculpture / Avant-garde / Modernism / Artists' groups and associations
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Early Polish Modern Art. Unity in Multiplicity | author: Bartelik, Marek
Book Review
Smierc w kulturze dawnej Polski od sredniowiecza do konca XVIII wieku: Przerazliwe echo traby zaosnej do wiecznosci wzywajacej [Death in Polish Culture from the Middle Ages until the End of the Eighteenth Century: The Terrifying Sound of the Mourning Trumpet Summoning the Dead to the Other World]
12/2001 | 1185 | 143
Pages: 762-763
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Reviewer:
Murawska-Muthesius, Katarzyna (Murawska-Muthesius, Katarzyna; Muthesius, Katarzyna)
Subjects
buildings:
Zamek Królewski (Royal Castle), Warsaw, Poland
subjects:
Death
subjects:
Polish painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Smierc w kulturze dawnej Polski od sredniowiecza do konca XVIII wieku: Przerazliwe echo traby zaosnej do wiecznosci wzywajacej [Death in Polish Culture from the Middle Ages until the End of the Eighteenth Century: The Terrifying Sound of the Mourning Trumpet Summoning the Dead to the Other World] | author: Moisan-Jablonska, Krystyna , author: Mrozowski, Przemysaw , author: Nowinski, Janusz
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
45. The Wheel of Death, by an Unknown Polish Artist. 1630-80. 353 by 461 cm. (Augustinian Church of St Catherine and St Margaret, Cracow; Exh. Royal Castle, Warsaw).
Western art unattributed:
46. Coffin Portrait of a Noblewoman of Chlastawa, by a Polish Artist. 1670-80. Tin Plate, 42.5 by 42.5 cm. (Miedzyrzecz Museum; Exh. Royal Castle, Warsaw).
Publication Received
Land of the Winged Horsemen. Art in Poland 1572-1764
10/1999 | 1159 | 141
Pages: 632-633
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Reviewer:
Murawska-Muthesius, Katarzyna (Murawska-Muthesius, Katarzyna; Muthesius, Katarzyna)
Subjects
dates:
1550-1649 / 1650-1749
places:
Poland
subjects:
Polish painting / Polish sculpture / Polish architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Land of the Winged Horsemen. Art in Poland 1572-1764 | author: Ostrowski, Jan K.
Publication Received
Odwilz Sztuka ok. 1956 r. [The Thaw: Art c.1956]
05/1998 | 1142 | 140
Pages: 344
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Reviewer:
Murawska-Muthesius, Katarzyna (Murawska-Muthesius, Katarzyna; Muthesius, Katarzyna)
Subjects
subjects:
Polish painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Odwilz Sztuka ok. 1956 r. [The Thaw: Art c.1956] | author: Piotrowski, Piotr
Exhibition Review
Turn-of-the-Century Polish Painting. Baden-Baden
03/1998 | 1140 | 140
Pages: 218-219
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Reviewer:
Clegg, Elizabeth (Clegg, Elizabeth)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
places:
Baden-Baden / Germany
subjects:
Exhibitions / Polish painting / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
72. In the Laurel Room (Portrait of the Artist's Wife), by Józef Mehoffer. 1909. 182 by 16 cm. (Muzeum Slaskie, Kattowice; Exh. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden).
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73. Old Apple Trees, by Ferdynand Ruszczyc. 1900. 85 by 165 cm. (Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw; Exh. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden).
Publication Received
Art, Architecture and Design in Poland. An Introduction
06/1996 | 1119 | 138
Pages: 414
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Reviewer:
Fox, Celina (Fox, Celina)
Subjects
subjects:
Polish architecture / Polish painting / Polish sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art, Architecture and Design in Poland. An Introduction | author: Muthesius, Stefan
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