Nieznany cykl grafik Janusza Tłomakowskiego do "Anhellego"
Janusz Tłomakowski’s unknown series of prints for Juliusz Słowacki’s 'Anhelli'

Author(s): Milena Chilińska
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Tłomakowski; Słowacki; Anhelli; illustration; Art Déco
Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the graphic work of Janusz Tłomakowski, who created illustrations for the French translation of Juliusz Słowacki’s 'Anhelli' in the interwar period. These woodcuts, made in Paris, are in the Art Déco style. The discussion focuses particularly on the artistic vision of the space of Siberia, which in Tłomakowski’s interpretation was freed from the typical mood of sadness and melancholy. Poland’s regaining of independence provided a stimulus to update well-known motifs, referring to the Romantic tradition, recycled and consolidated in the collective consciousness by artists of Modernism. The originality of the art of the interwar period allowed Polish printmakers in Paris to create a style that combined national distinctiveness with the elements characteristic of European Art Déco.

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