Młoda Polska
Subtitle: Sekelskifteskonst från Polen = polish fin de siècle art
By: redaktörer, Kristoffer Arvidsson, Eva Nygårds, Johan Sjöström
Contributors: Göteborgs konstmuseum
Publisher: Göteborgs Konstmuseum
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Goteborg
Language: swe
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9789198460117
Subjects: Polish Art; Exhibitions; Landscape painting; Art polonais; Expositions
Other titles: Sekelskifteskonst från Polen; Polish fin de siècle art
Description: Symbolist landscapes, in-depth psychological portraits, and mythological scenes tell the story of a people without a nation, but with a rich culture and a complex history. With the exhibition and catalogue 'Mloda Polska : Polish Fin de Siècle Art', Gothenburg Museum of Art presents several national icons from the golden age of Polish art around the turn of the century 1900. The catalogue gives in-dept knowledge of the cultural movement Mloda Polska where leading researches participates with newly written essays. Mloda Polska (Young Poland) is the name of the artistic movement that marked the birth of Polish modernism. In Swedish art history, the nearest equivalent is the Opponents movement of the 1880s, but Mloda Polska had its own specific historical prerequisites. National identity and a longing for freedom were expressed symbolically. The historical background was the division of Poland in 1795 between Russia, Prussia, and Austria, to be united as a nation first in 1918.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden, October 27, 2018-March 17, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

Texts in Swedish and English.