Jan Matejko Polish Painter Album by Juliusz Starzynski Published 1973 in Poland

Description: Jan Matejko Polish Painter by Juliusz StarzynskiPolish Edition Warsaw 1973Language: PolishIllustrated bookSome colour photos though mostly black & whiteHardcoverCondition: very good usedSome writing on the first page (shown in photos) It is difficult to find another example of an artist who was as admired by some during his life and after his death as Matejko, and at the same time fiercely opposed by others.Many different factors of a social and artistic nature contributed to the repeated attempts to maliciously belittle Matejko from time to time, which are as unfair as uncritical praise.Matejko was fought from very different social and ideological positions.He was fought by the aristocracy and bourgeoisie, especially the conservatives from the Krakow "Stanczyk" school, because he was not a slow enough servant and an exponent of their backward ideology, he was fought by the democratic-bourgeois camp and many later fighters of social progress because he played too high a role. in history, he gave power to the individual and did not clearly see the creative and decisive role of the popular masses. He was attacked by idealists for the overly realistic meaning and explicitness of his paintings, and was attacked by realists for his religiousness and mystical, symbolic tendencies , refined aesthetes accused him of excessive expressiveness of form, and others accused him of subordinating form to content, wanting to turn the so-called artistic workshop into what it should actually be - a tool for the ideological, social impact of art.However, one thing is certain: there is no one, and especially not a single Pole, who could remain indifferent to Matejko's work.

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