Szkoła Dekoracyjno-Artystyczna Chalus i Dunin - zapomniany rozdział życia artystycznego Warszawy
Journal Title: Sztuka i Dokumentacja - Year 2016, Vol 15, Issue 15
Abstract
The Chalus and Dunin Decorative and Artistic School – the forgotten chapter of Warsaw’s artistic life In the period lasting between 1903 to about 1926, the Decorative and Artistic School for women was open in Warsaw. It was established by the painters – Cécile Chalus from France and Antonina Dunin-Sulgostowska who had been educated in Paris. The school’s broad program was a result of the artistic beliefs and education of Chalus – a student of Eugène Grasset, Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Benjamin Constant that in 1900 already had a considerable illustrative output in France. The modern, versatile program of a three-year-long course was mainly dedicated to the applied arts. It covered the subjects of drawing, painting and interior design, lectures on the theory of composition, perspective and art history. One of the main stipulations made by the superiors was to popularize high aesthetic qualities in daily surroundings and to provide appropriate designs for artistic industry. The establishment quickly earned recognition in Warsaw. The school presented its works in a female journal Nasz Dom. Tygodnik Mód i Powieści (Our House. A Fashion and Story Weekly) and in its own or joint exhibitions – in the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (1904, 1905, 1907, 1909), at the Wystawa Przemysłu i Rolnictwa (The Exhibition of Industry and Agriculture) in Częstochowa (1909), in Feliks Richling’s Salon Artystyczny (Artistic Lounge) in Warsaw (1911-1914) and in the Pod Husarzem town house on Marszałkowska Street (1915). At the beginning of the 20th century, the school played an important role in the reception of art nouveau and in the artistic education and social activities of women, often becoming the first link in the process of educating future renowned artists from different areas of art. Among graduates of The Chalus and Dunin Decorative and Artistic School were Zofia Czasznicka (artistic fabric), Maria Dziewulska (graphics), Katarzyna Zorza Matlakowska (painting), Halina Nusbaumówna (book binding), Wanda Romeyko-Hurko (illustrative arts), Wanda Rudzińska-Wypychowa (ceramics) and Jadwiga Tereszczenko (painting, drawing). The aim of the text is to reconstruct the educational and exhibition activities of this school that has until now been completely forgotten, its artistic and intellectual environment and the reception of its work by the critics of the time.
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Marcin ROMEYKO-HURKO
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