Leon Chwistek was one of the most important thinkers in the inter-war Poland. As a philosopher, logician, artist and art theorist, he frequently commented on historical and contemporary aspects of artistic life, formulating ...

By the late 1920s in Europe new art directions were regarded as already completed phenomena, a part of “avant-garde tradition.” Such views were expressed by Jean Arp and El Lissitzky’s in their book Kuntismen (1925), and ...

This article discusses the activities of Mieczysław Wallis as an art critic, published both in daily newspapers and in cultural or philosophical magazines. It also takes into account exhibition reviews, discussions of ...

This text is an attempt to examine Zahorska’s art criticism, primarily her statements about the avant-garde. The author analyses Zahorska’s evolving views and her concept of art, considering her aesthetic and methodological ...

This paper discusses the notion of Jewish art in Poland in the interwar period. Although in the Jewish cultural milieu discussion of how to define Jewish art started at the beginning of 20th century, Polish art critics ...