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someeventsfromthelifeofthePolishcolonyofartistsinBeirut,whichliewithin
thescopeofourinterest.However,shedoesnotgobeyondthefactsanddetailsfrom
Frenkiel’sarticle.Thescholarlyandfactualbasisforthetwoabovementionedstudies
(from1994and2012)wasthebookwrittenbyacatholicpriestKamilKantaktitled
DziejeuchodźstwapolskiegowLibanie1943-195052,publishedinBeirutin1955.Un-
fortuntely,onecouldinveinsearchforsomeattemptsataprofessionalanalysisof
thephenomenonthatcouldbelabelledasKPolishartisticBeirut”inKantak’sbook,
whichisunderstandablegiventhefactthatneitherKantaknorZielińska-Schemaly
wereartexperts.
In2014hasbeenpublshed7thvolumeoftheseriesŚwiadectwa.Testimonianze,
entitledWposzukiwaniupiękna.PolscyartyściplastycyweWłoszech(IIpoł.XIXw.iI
połXXw.)53.ThispublicationaimsatpresentingabroadpanoramaofPolishartistic
presenceandexhibitionactivitiesinRomeintheyears1942-1946.Theauthorof
thebookincludedinthestudytheasyetunpublishedsourcematerialsrelatedtothe
organizationalactivitiesandcreativeworkofJózefJaremafromtheKRomanperiod”
ofhisartisticcareer.ThetextalsodocumentsJarema’sroleasaninitiatorandfounder
oftheArtClub,establishedin1944,whichislittleknowninPolandbutappreciated
overthepagesofWesternliterature.However,themajorityofItalianarthistorians
unjustlyattributetheinitiativetoestablishtheclubtoEnricoPrampolini54.Sofar,
theparticipationofPolishsoldier-studentsintheartisticlifeofpost-warcapitalof
Italyhavebeenlargelyoverlookedandunknown.Thisisalsotrueabouttheactualin-
volvementofMarianBohusz-Szyszkointheprocessofacademicformationoffuture
Polishartists.Inthelightoftherecentresearch,theviewthattheSchoolofPainting
locatedinCecchignolanearRomeplayedanessentialroleatthattimehadtoundergo
amajorrevision.TheschoolofBohusz-Szyszkowasfocusedmoreonorganizational
andadvisoryissuesthanonthedevelopmentofacademicandartisticskills.Infact,
Polishstudentsbenefittedmostlyfromthefirst-handexperiencewithartthrough
activeparticipationintheworkofdifferentstudiosandtraininginpainting,sculp-
ture,scenographyandinteriorarchitecturetheyreceivedattheAccademiadiBelle
ArtiinRome,andnotintheCecchignolacamp.Beingoneofthemostprestigious
artisticschoolinthecontemporaryEurope,theAcademyofferedtoPolishstudents
classeswiththemostfamousmastersofmodernItalianartofthattime,whichgave
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K.Kantak,DziejeuchodźstwapolskiegowLibanie1943-1950,Beirut1955.
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Świadectwa.Testimonianze.Wposzukiwaniupiękna.PolscyartyściplastycyweWłoszech(IIpoł.XIXw.
iIpołXXw.),vol.7,eds.E.Prządka,Rzym2014.
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ThefateoffourPolishartists,RyszardDemel,JózefNatanson,TadeuszKoperandJanGłowacki(aka
JanLaterański)who,apartfromNatanson,stayedwiththePolishIICorpsinItalyintheyears1945-1946,
wasdescribedbyE.Prządkainthe2ndvolumeoftheseriesŚwiadectwa.Testimonianze.Wkręgukultury
isztuki.RozmowyEwyPrządkizPolakamiweWłoszech,vol.2,Rome2002.Thethreesubsequentvolumes
oftheseriespreparedbyPrządkawerepublishedbefore2009.Volume5,Czaswojnyiczaspokojuw„polskim
Rzymie”,Rome2009,includestexts(andinterviews)devotedto,amongothers,theEmbassyofPolandatthe
HolySeeintheyears1939-1945,thepresenceofGeneralAndersinRomeandKarolinaLanckorońska’sme-
moriesconnectedwiththeprojectandorganizationofhighereducationforsoldier-studentsattheIICorps.
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