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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, also known as Witkacy (1885–1939), was not only a painter but also a philosopher, writer, playwright, art theoretician, photographer.

Jacek Malczewski is considered one of the greatest painters in the history of Polish art whose works have gained great appreciation also with the public and art scholars abroad.

Eugeniusz Zak (1884–1926) is one of the most famous Polish painters in France. 

Jan Cybis was not only a painter, but also a draughtsman, teacher, and columnist. He was the leading representative of Polish colourism in painting, also referred to as Kapism. Under the influence of and as often as Cézanne, he painted magnificent landscapes and colourful still lifes.

The new mini-album in the “Painting” series presents the artistic output of Witold Wojtkiewicz, an accomplished painter, draughtsman, and graphic designer from the Young Poland period, representative of symbolism and early expressionism, also considered the pioneer of surrealism.

Jerzy Duda-Gracz is one the most famous modern Polish artists. In his art he often commented on the political and social reality, balancing between grotesque, irony, and satire on the one hand, and sentimentalism and nostalgia on the other. He created a painting series, of which the best known are Motifs, Polish Portraits, and Jurassic Images. 

The new book in the popular “Painting” series presents the art by Zygmunt Waliszewski (1897–1936) – a painter, draughtsman, scenographer, poster designer, one of the most famous followers of the 1930s colourist movement. 

The new mini-album in the Painting series presents the artistic output of Stanisław Baj (b. 1953) – a painter, draughtsman, teacher, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, multiple award winner, among others, of the prestigious Kazimierz Ostrowski painting award.

Another mini-album in the “Painting” series is dedicated to the art by Tadeusz Brzozowski (1918–1987) – a painter, draughtsman, stained-glass designer, creator of polychromies, educator, and scenographer. Brzozowski was also an actor in Tadeusz Kantor’s underground theatre and a member of the Group of Young Visual Artists and the avant-garde Second Kraków Group. 

Józef Czapski (1896–1993) – writer, columnist, art critic, painter, and draughtsman, co-founder of the Parisian monthly “Kultura”, an icon of the Polish intelligentsia in exile. At first, he filled his paintings with colour, following the aesthetics of the Kapists; then – intrigued by expressionism and branded with war experiences – he turned his focus to the tragedy of individuals functioning in dull reality. 

Wojciech Weiss (1875–1950) – painter, draughtsman, and graphic artist, one of the top representatives of Young Poland. Three-time rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, actively involved with the local artistic circles. Fascinated by the philosophy and aesthetics of Young Poland, at first he created pessimistic and decadent paintings full of distress and passion.

Edward Dwurnik (1943–2018) is one of the most famous Polish painters. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, presented with multiple awards and distinctions, laureate of e.g. the Solidarity Independent Culture Committee Award (1983) and the Contemporary Art Foundation Award (1992).