The project is a collaborative effort with the William Morris Gallery in London, the National Museum in Kraków and the Polish Cultural Institute in London.
The study is the culmination of an international research project co-financed by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the “Inspiring Culture” Programme.
Young Poland: The Polish Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890–1918 is the first book in any foreign language to explore the Young Poland movement.
The movement embraced an unprecedented flourishing of applied arts and a revival of crafts, drawing inspiration from nature, history, peasant traditions and craftsmanship. Its foremost representative was the artist, designer and writer Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907).
The book explores the movement’s parallels with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. It includes over 250 illustrations of ceramics, furniture, textiles, paper cuttings, wood carvings, stained glass, children’s toys and Christmas decorations, as well as domestic, church and civic interior decoration schemes.
A major exhibition on the Young Poland movement is to be held at the William Morris Gallery in the autumn of 2021.
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