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theysoughtinspirationinthepainting,graphicandsculpturestudiosofartisticacad-
emiesinBeirut,RomeandLondon,wheretheystudiedandgainedtheirfirstartistic
experience.Theirencounterwithnewcultures,newnon-Europeanart,andalsonew
coloursandlight(bothintheNearandMiddleEastandontheApenninePeninsula)
aftertheyhadlefttheKinhumanland”oftheSovietUnion,openedtothemunexpected
paintingpossibilities.Theyweresoontoresultinaseriesofinterestingdevelopments
andartisticcareers.Itisworthnotingatthispointthatthereisstilltheissue,beyondthe
scopeofthepresentstudy,ofpressillustrationsandgraphicworksinthepublicationsof
theIICorps.ThemostrecentstudybyOskarStanislawCzernikisdevotedtothepress
andpublicationsbroughtoutthankstotheeffortsofPolishIndependentCarpathian
RifleBrigadeintheyears1940-1942andthepublishingactivitiesofthePolishArmed
ForcesintheEastandoftheIICorps.Thankstothiswork,whichforthefirsttimeana-
lyzesthisphenomenonfromtheperspectiveofitsgeographicalcontent,theillustrative
materialinthepressandbooksshouldbecomethesubjectofcomprehensiveresearch
andevaluationinthefuture49.
Theresultsofmyresearchpresentedinthispublicationwhicharebasedon
archivalresearchcarriedout,apartfromPoland,inRome,LondonandBeirutsig-
nificantlycontributetothebodyofknowledgeinthisarea.Theyshednewlightonto
theachievementsofPolishartistsgroupedaroundGeneralAndersinboththefieldof
theirartisticcreativityandequallyimportantactivitieswithregardtoorganizational,
exhibitionandeducationalmatters.Thetimeframefortheaboveconcernsincludes
theperiodofthearmy’sstayintheNearandMiddleEastandlikewiseoftheIICorps’
activitiesontheApenninePeninsulabetween1943and1946,andlaterinGreat
Britainuntil1949.
ThebasicfactsconcerningtheBeirutAcademyofFineArtsandthePolishSchool
ofPaintingandDrawingintheyears1945-1949(eventhoughbasedonmemories
whichhadtobeverified)weretobefoundinthearticlewrittenbyStanisławFrenkiel
andpublishedmorethantwentyyearsagoinLondonentitledKMalarzewBejrucie”50.
TheartisticoutputofPoleslivingandworkinginLebanondidnotgetacomprehen-
siveanalysisinthebookwrittenbyMarzeanZielińska-SchemalyinBeirutin2012
entitledLeCèdreetl’Aigle.LesPolonaisauLiban,unecoexistencesingulière51.Inher
text,whilediscussingthePolish-Lebanesesocio-culturalrelations,shepointsoutto
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O.S.Czarnik,WdrodzedoutraconejItaki.Prasa,książkiiczytelnictwonaszlakuSamodzielnejBrygady
StrzelcówKarpackich(1940-1942)orazAmiiPolskiejnaWschodziei2Korpusu(1941-1946),Warszawa2012.
AfterdescribingthehistoricalbackgroundandthepredicamentofPoles,bothsoldiersandcivilians,ontheir
routefromtheSovietUnionthroughtheMiddleEastandAfricatoItaly,Czernikdescribestheinstitutions
whichwereinvolvedinpublishingactivitiesthere.Heanalyzestheirsizeandthegeneralprofileoftheirpu-
blishingoutput,describingthecharacteristicthemesoftheirpublications.Healsopresentstheactivitiesof
selectednewspaperandmagazinepublishers,aswellasbookspublishedwithinthestructuresofthePolishII
Corps.
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PodcedramiLibanu.WspomnieniapolskichstudentówzBejrutu1942-1952,eds.H.Adamiak-Wagner,
H.Chojecka-Szeremeta,R.JakubskiandW.Natter,London1994,pp.134-142.
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M.Zielińska-Schemaly,LeCèdreetl’Aigle.LesPolonaisauLiban,unecoexistencesingulière,Beirut2012.
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