Polish Sculpture Center
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The Polish Sculpture Center in Orońsko
, near Radom
, Poland
, is a museum
housed at Józef Brandt
’s 19th-century manor house. The Center’s collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms owned by the Center, as well as 173 deposit items. The collections additionally include 70 paintings, drawings and tapestries. The Center's activities and the manor complex are maintained by the Joseph Brandt Foundation. The Center also provides technical support for artists who participate in its Sculpting Program.
Józef Brandt
Józef Brandt's manor house was built in the second half of the 19th century in an Italian neo-Renaissance
style. It accommodates a permanent exhibit of 19th-century manor interiors. The ambience of a 19th-century country mansion is preserved in the furniture: Louis Philippe
, Biedermeier
and neo-Rococo pieces. Drawings and paintings by Józef Brandt
, Jacek Malczewski
, Juliusz Kossak
, Apoloniusz Kędzierski
and Alfred Schouppé, and sculptures by Pius Welloński and Feliks Georg Pffeifer, complement the exhibit.
The orangery, built 1869, once served both as a hothouse and as Brandt's atelier. Today it is a venue for temporary exhibits. Changing exhibits are held in the old manor chapel, built 1841. The annex — created from the earliest Orońsko
orangery — accommodates the Center's administration and the Friends of Sculpture. The coach-house, erected by Brandt in 1905, houses a permanent sculpture gallery. Since 1995 it has showcased Magdalena Abakanowicz
’s Ukon, from her cycle, War Games. Brandt's stable has been adapted into six sculpting ateliers.
was created in 1965. That same year, work began on establishing a Sculpting Program. The Friends of Sculpture was founded in 1969.
The year 1981 saw the establishment, with Ministry of Art and Culture support, of a state Museum and Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko. Four years later, the institution was renamed the Polish Sculpture Center. A Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, and a sculpture garden
designed by Professor Grzegorz Kowalski, were completed in 1992. In 1997, the Józef Brandt Foundation was chartered.
The Polish Sculpture Center’s collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms that are property of the Center, as well as 173 deposit items. The collections also include 70 drawings, paintings and tapestries. The Sculpture Garden
contains 93 works by 77 artists. The Center's holdings include works by Magdalena Abakanowicz
, Mirosław Bałka, Krzysztof M. Bednarski, Jan Berdyszak
, Tadashi Hashimoto, Władysław Hasior, Maria Jarema, Grzegorz Klaman, Katarzyna Kobro
, Zofia Kulik
, Teresa Murak
, Adam Myjak, Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski
and Józef Szajna
.
The Center maintains a reference library on sculpture and related fields.
gardens and manor complex, and supporting the activities of the Polish Sculpture Center.
Oronsko
Orońsko is a village in Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Orońsko. It lies approximately north-east of Szydłowiec and south of Warsaw....
, near Radom
Radom
Radom is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants . It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship ; 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, is a museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
housed at Józef Brandt
Józef Brandt
Józef Brandt was a Polish painter, best known for his paintings of battles.Brandt studied in Warsaw in the school of J.N. Leszczynski and at the Noblemen's Institute. In 1858 he left for Paris to study at the Ecole centrale Paris but was persuaded by Juliusz Kossak to abandon engineering in favor...
’s 19th-century manor house. The Center’s collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms owned by the Center, as well as 173 deposit items. The collections additionally include 70 paintings, drawings and tapestries. The Center's activities and the manor complex are maintained by the Joseph Brandt Foundation. The Center also provides technical support for artists who participate in its Sculpting Program.
Józef BrandtJózef BrandtJózef Brandt was a Polish painter, best known for his paintings of battles.Brandt studied in Warsaw in the school of J.N. Leszczynski and at the Noblemen's Institute. In 1858 he left for Paris to study at the Ecole centrale Paris but was persuaded by Juliusz Kossak to abandon engineering in favor...
's manor houseManor houseA manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
Józef Brandt's manor house was built in the second half of the 19th century in an Italian neo-RenaissanceNeo-Renaissance
Renaissance Revival is an all-encompassing designation that covers many 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Grecian nor Gothic but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes...
style. It accommodates a permanent exhibit of 19th-century manor interiors. The ambience of a 19th-century country mansion is preserved in the furniture: Louis Philippe
Louis-Philippe of France
Louis Philippe I was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. His father was a duke who supported the French Revolution but was nevertheless guillotined. Louis Philippe fled France as a young man and spent 21 years in exile, including considerable time in the...
, Biedermeier
Biedermeier
In Central Europe, the Biedermeier era refers to the middle-class sensibilities of the historical period between 1815, the year of the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1848, the year of the European revolutions...
and neo-Rococo pieces. Drawings and paintings by Józef Brandt
Józef Brandt
Józef Brandt was a Polish painter, best known for his paintings of battles.Brandt studied in Warsaw in the school of J.N. Leszczynski and at the Noblemen's Institute. In 1858 he left for Paris to study at the Ecole centrale Paris but was persuaded by Juliusz Kossak to abandon engineering in favor...
, Jacek Malczewski
Jacek Malczewski
Jacek Malczewski was one of the most famous painters of Polish Symbolism. In his creativity he successfully joins the predominant style of his times with motifs of Polish martyrdom.-See also:...
, Juliusz Kossak
Juliusz Kossak
Juliusz Fortunat Kossak was a Polish historical painter and master illustrator who specialized in battle scenes, military portraits and horses...
, Apoloniusz Kędzierski
Apoloniusz Kedzierski
Apoloniusz Kędzierski was a Polish painter. He was born in Suchedniów, Poland, but lived and worked mainly in Warsaw. He did landscape and figure painting, and scenes of peasant life.-External links:*...
and Alfred Schouppé, and sculptures by Pius Welloński and Feliks Georg Pffeifer, complement the exhibit.
The manor complex
The manor complex also includes an orangery, chapel, annex, granary, coach-house and stables.The orangery, built 1869, once served both as a hothouse and as Brandt's atelier. Today it is a venue for temporary exhibits. Changing exhibits are held in the old manor chapel, built 1841. The annex — created from the earliest Orońsko
Oronsko
Orońsko is a village in Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Orońsko. It lies approximately north-east of Szydłowiec and south of Warsaw....
orangery — accommodates the Center's administration and the Friends of Sculpture. The coach-house, erected by Brandt in 1905, houses a permanent sculpture gallery. Since 1995 it has showcased Magdalena Abakanowicz
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Magdalena Abakanowicz is a Polish sculptor. She is notable for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium. She was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland from 1965 to 1990 and a visiting professor at University of California, Los Angeles in 1984...
’s Ukon, from her cycle, War Games. Brandt's stable has been adapted into six sculpting ateliers.
The Polish Sculpture Center
The Center's sculpture gardenSculpture garden
A sculpture garden is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings....
was created in 1965. That same year, work began on establishing a Sculpting Program. The Friends of Sculpture was founded in 1969.
The year 1981 saw the establishment, with Ministry of Art and Culture support, of a state Museum and Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko. Four years later, the institution was renamed the Polish Sculpture Center. A Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, and a sculpture garden
Sculpture garden
A sculpture garden is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings....
designed by Professor Grzegorz Kowalski, were completed in 1992. In 1997, the Józef Brandt Foundation was chartered.
The Polish Sculpture Center’s collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms that are property of the Center, as well as 173 deposit items. The collections also include 70 drawings, paintings and tapestries. The Sculpture Garden
Sculpture garden
A sculpture garden is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings....
contains 93 works by 77 artists. The Center's holdings include works by Magdalena Abakanowicz
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Magdalena Abakanowicz is a Polish sculptor. She is notable for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium. She was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland from 1965 to 1990 and a visiting professor at University of California, Los Angeles in 1984...
, Mirosław Bałka, Krzysztof M. Bednarski, Jan Berdyszak
Jan Berdyszak
Jan Berdyszak -Polish artist; from 1952 till 1958; studied at the Sculpture Department of the State College of Fine Arts in Poznań , in which he is a lecturer now. He participated in numerous exhibitions both in Poland and abroad. His works were exhibited in the Foto-Medium-Art Gallery in...
, Tadashi Hashimoto, Władysław Hasior, Maria Jarema, Grzegorz Klaman, Katarzyna Kobro
Katarzyna Kobro
Katarzyna Kobro was a Polish sculptor of Latvian origin. She studied at the School of Painting, Sculpture and Drawing, the second Free Workshops , Moscow, 1917-20. In 1920 she moved to Smolensk, and in 1921 she married WLADYSLAW STRZEMINSKI. In 1920-22 she was associated with the Vitebsk-based...
, Zofia Kulik
Zofia Kulik
Zofia Kulik is a Polish artist. Her domain is performance and photography.She studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw...
, Teresa Murak
Teresa Murak
Teresa Murak is a Polish sculptor and performance artist. She was born in Lublin region. Murak studied History of Art at John Paul's II Catholic University in Lublin and then painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw....
, Adam Myjak, Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski
Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski
Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański is a Polish sculptor and Concrete artist.He was born in Gdańsk. From 1971 to 1976 he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Since 1981, he has been living and working in Hamburg. In 1998, he won 1st prize, Prix du Jury, at the 'Salon de Printemps 98',...
and Józef Szajna
Józef Szajna
Józef Szajna was a Polish scenery designer, stage director, playwright, theoretician of the theatre, painter and graphic artist.During the Second World War and occupation of Poland, Szajna was a prisoner of the German concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald.-Further reading:* Archives and art...
.
The Center maintains a reference library on sculpture and related fields.
The Sculpting Program
The Center's Sculpting Program offers the availability of 6 ateliers, a 5,200 m2 work yard, and technical workshops for metalworking, woodworking, ceramics, foundry-work and conservation.Publications
The Center publishes:- The annual, Polish Sculpture;
- Orońsko Seminars;
- The sculpture quarterly, Orońsko;
- Monographs on Polish sculptors;
- Thematic publications and catalogs.
The Józef Brandt Foundation
The non-profit Józef Brandt Foundation was inaugurated in 1997, charged with preserving the historic OrońskoOronsko
Orońsko is a village in Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Orońsko. It lies approximately north-east of Szydłowiec and south of Warsaw....
gardens and manor complex, and supporting the activities of the Polish Sculpture Center.
External links
- Centre of Polish Sculpture (Polish Sculpture Center) official website.