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(educational)activity”29.Artisticeducationintheareaoffineartsandprovidingop-
portunities,giventhecircumstances,forunrestrainedindividualdevelopmentofar-
tistictalentshavealwaysbeentheconcernoftheIICorpsleaders.
Atpresent,duetothefactthatthegenerationofthosewhowitnessedthethea-
tresofwarwiththeirowneyesbecomesincreasinglysmaller,manyhistoricaland
artisticfactsaredifficulttorecreate.Thefactthatthispartofthearmy’shistory,be-
inganintegralpartofPolishartcreatedinexile,hasnotearnedanin-depthanalysis
resultsprimarilyfromthelackofrecognitionofthelargelydispersedartisticpur-
suitsofthepainters,sculptorsandgraphicartistswhoatdifferenttimeshadstrong
associationswithAnders’Armyandwho,aftertheendoftheSecondWorldWar,
developedandcontinuedtheirartisticcareersinmanycountriesinEuropeandon
othercontinents.Onlyafter1989,PolishartcreatedoutsidePolandfromtheend
oftheSecondWorldWarwitnessedaconsiderablechangeofattitudeasasubjectof
scholarlystudiesintheareaofmethodologicalapproachandespeciallyinitsevalu-
ationandinterpretation.ItshouldberememberedthataftertheendoftheSecond
WorldWar,especiallyduringthetimesofStalinistterror,Polandlivedunderthe
mechanismofpropagandistboycottandutterdenialinrelationtoPolishartcre-
atedoutsideitsborders.Actually,inasimilarwaytoSovietpractices,Polishartists
workingabroad,especiallythosewhosettledinGreatBritainwithGeneralAnders,
weretobesentintooblivionandutterlyforgotten30.Asaresultoftheforcedrejec-
tionoftheirartisticoutputbythecommunistregime,theknowledgeaboutpost-
-warhistoryofPolishartcreatedbyartistsinexilestillremainstoalargedegree
onlypartial.Thisgapwasmadeevenmorevisiblebyrareinstancesoftheartists
whoreturnedtoPolandgovernedbythecommunistgovernment,likeinthecaseof
HenrykGotlib,whoarrivedinCracowtoworkattheAcademyofFineArts,only
tomovebacktoLondonafteroneyear.ItwasinLondonthatheranapainting
schoolundertheauspicesoftheInstituteofCultureofthePeople’sRepublicofPo-
landbetweentheyears1946-1949.Thepoliticalstampoftheschoolandhisspell
inthecommunistPolandresultedinhisstudentsmovingtootherBritishschools.
OnhisreturntoLondon,thepainterstartedanotherpaintingschoolinGodstone,
nearLondon,thistimeindependentofcommunistpatronage,whichheranuntil
1967.OnthewaveoftheKhrushchevThaw,in1958TadeuszPiotrPotworowski
returnedtoPolandandstartedteachingintheHigherSchoolofPlasticArtsin
GdańskandPoznań.Ontheotherhand,MarekŻuławskirejectedaproposition
oftakingtheChairofPaintingattheSchoolinGdańsk,rememberingthefateof
hiscolleague-painters,suchasStanisławWestwalewicz,MikołajPortusorIgnacy
29
Quotedafter:http:llwww.szkolenie.boleslawiec.pllslasklwlpllSzkolnictwo_przy_2_Korpusie_Pol-
skim,(retrieved7Feb.2013).
30
Onthepost-warSovietUnion’sattitudestowardsartcreatedinexilesee:S.Czerwonnaja,Sztukana
uchodźstwie.Zmianaparadygmatówinterpretacyjnych(doświadczenieRosjiipaństwEuropyWschodniejpowsta-
łychzdawnychrepublikZSRR),KArchiwumEmigracji.Studia,szkice,dokumenty”2011,vol.1-2,pp.316-
335.
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