The article presents the pioneering results of research on the history of Fabryka Wyrobów Metalowych Famak, the largest manufacturer of cutlery and table accessories in Łódź in the 1920s. So far, the literature on the ...

Krzysztof Wieczorek, a Lodz-based artist who died in 2021, was an outstanding printmaker. In his creative pursuit, he revealed himself as an inquisitive modern mannerist. In his works, he “processed”, among other things, ...

This article examines how the global art market responded to the two major economic crises of the early 21st century. The first crisis, rooted in the banking sector, and the second, associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Article aims to analyse workshop of a modern Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. The most significant matters raised in text are: the organization of work, including the structure of team, and the commercial business ...

The aim of this article is to supplement research on Erna Rosenstein with a new interpretive perspective. Throughout her life, the artist struggled with traumatic memories of war, tragic death of her parents and her Jewish ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the social structure of the Łódź bourgeoisie is dominated by the petty bourgeoisie group, that makes up about 20% of the citizens, while the bourgeoisie that derived from it constitutes ...

In Mexico, primarily during the 19th century, production of embroidery designs was a popular activity among young girls. Objects which reflected reproducibility of some of the ornaments and methods of creation, became ...

The current church of the Jesuit fathers in Łódź (The Sacred Heart of Jesus) is the former Evangelical-Augsburg church of Saint John the Evangelist, built in 1880–1884. On its main altar there is a work by Jan Styka entitled ...