The Polish School of Illustrations – 1960s and 1970s
The Polish School of Illustrations – 1960s and 1970s

Summary/Abstract: In the wake of the systemic transformation, which took place in Poland in 1989, the whole post-war past of the country became the object of critical assessments. Values, views, predilections, stereotypes, achievements and national sins – all were re-evaluated and verified. As a rule, the balance sheet was pitiful – the civilisational progress of our society, tightly constrained by the “sole correct” ideology, could not be compared to Western standards. Nonetheless, there did exist certain enclaves of social life that today do not provoke expiation and embarrassment; on the contrary, they comprise reservations of freedom, which the ideological control of the state did not reach. The more peripheral and distant from politics the activity of the Poles – the greater the freedom enjoyed by artists. Such a “reservation” was undoubtedly the children’s book market in Poland during the 1960s and 1970s.

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