Przebierańcy w nicości. Rzecz o malarstwie Witolda Wojtkiewicza

Witold Wojtkiewicz (1879–1909), perhaps the finest painter of Polish modernism, took the secret of his art to the grave. His short life, marked by grave heart disease and the knowledge that he would not have time to develop his vision, was shadowed by a sense that existence is fragile and absurd. He expressed it in cycles of phantasmagorical scenes about childhood, theatre, madness and death. In two parts, Arcadia and Harlequinade, the essay offers new readings of his work in conversation with his great interpreters.

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About the book

Form

Nonfiction

Length

178 pages in the original

First published

2023 by Wydawnictwo Nisza

Author's age

50 when first published

ISBN

9788366599666 (original)