„Fotografia Polska 1900-1939” ze zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu
“Polish Photography 1900-1939” from the collections of the National Museum in Wrocław

Summary/Abstract: This is a report of the exhibition “Polish Photography 1900-1939” (Polska fotografia 1900-1939), arranged by the National Museum in Wroclaw using its own resources. These collections provide a good illustration of the photographic milieux of Lwów (Ukr. L’viv, Ger. Lemberg), arising from many of the citizens’ forced expulsion after 1945 and their moving en masse to the newly incorporated city of Wroclaw (Ger. Breslau). The three most distinguished photographers reflect three of the most basic tendencies in photography during the first four decades of the 20th century: Henryk Mikolasch - pictorialism; Witold Romer - avantgarde searchings: Aleksander Krzywobłocki - surrealism. The remaining photographers (29) may be broadly placed into one (or more) of these three directions. This exhibition excellently compliments a previous one titled “Polish Photography 1912-1948” (Fotografia polska 1912-1948) originally held in the Museum of Art in Łódź (1995), in Poznań and earlier in Paris. Digitalized and reedited material

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