COLLECTION OF THE ERYK LIPIŃSKI MUSEUM OF CARICATURE IN WARSAW
Journal Title: Muzealnictwo - Year 2016, Vol 57, Issue
Abstract
The article presents the activity and the unique collection of the Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature in Warsaw, the sole museum in Poland which has been assembling, documenting and sharing Polish and foreign works such as cartoon art or satirical prints since 1978. The article describes the origins of the museum’s concept and its history, which are inseparably linked with the person of Eryk Lipiński, an outstanding cartoonist, draftsman and journalist. The history of the collection’s creation and how it acquired the most valuable group of exhibits is based on the analysis of archival sources. The article also describes the most valuable gifts to the museum by individual donors and institutions, as well as significant purchases by the museum itself. Prominent Polish and foreign artists whose works form part of the collection are mentioned. The collection, comprising over 25,000 works by many generations of artists active from the 18th to the 21st century and representing various artistic trends and stylistic conventions, is characterised. The article emphasises the formal diversity of the collection which, apart from the biggest collection of drawings and prints, also includes posters, paintings and sculptures. The narrative character of the museum’s collection, which documents formal changes in the art of contemporary caricature and that of the two past decades, is presented against this backdrop. Finally, the author deals with the rich collection of books and satirical magazines which complement the collection and comprise an invaluable source for research on the history of caricature and satirical prints in Poland and abroad. In conclusion, the author draws attention to the specificity of the collection of the Museum of Caricature which, together with the visual representations, also often offers verbal comments which register the transitory and changeable social and political contexts.
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Piotr Kułak
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