Listy z Warszawy Tytusa Czyżewskiego – przegląd poruszanej problematyki
Listy z Warszawy [Letters from Warsaw] by Tytus Czyżewski – an outline of the issues discussed

Author(s): Małgorzata Geron
Subject(s): Architecture, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Tytus Czyżewski; “Głos Plastyków”monthly; art criticism; modern art; the 18th Venice Biennale; Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych [The Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts]; Instytut Propagandy
Summary/Abstract: In addition to being a painter and poet, Tytus Czyżewski was also an art critic, col-laborating with numerous periodicals. Between 1932 and 1937, he published in the “Głos Plastyków” a series of monthly columns that were collectively titled Listy z Warszawy [Letters from Warsaw]. The texts constituted a personal chronicle of War-saw’s artistic life. The author chronologically commented on the level of contempo-rary art criticism, which, in his opinion, was characterized by conservatism and lack of openness to new trends in art, which, according to the author, were reaching Poland with a considerable delay. In addition, he shared his comments on the exhibition policy of Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych, Instytut Propagandy Sztuki, and the Na-tional Museum in Warsaw. Czyżewski’s articles reveal the genuineness of observation and a solid evaluative attitude; their concept and the title itself bring to mind his Listy z Paryża [Letters from Paris]. The latter were published in Zwrotnica in 1922–1923 when Czyżewski resided in Paris and was a foreign correspondent collaborating with the magazine.

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