Temporary exhibitions
Between word and image. Illustrative art in Żeromski's works5>
Between word and image. Illustrative art in Żeromski's works will be presented from February 26 to August 31 this year at the Museum of School Years of Stefan Żeromski, a branch of the National Museum in Kielce.
The exhibition will show rich collections of illustrations made for the works by Żeromski – Ashes, the Faithful River, Coming Spring, the Labours of Sisyphus, the Charm of Life and the Wages of Sin by famous draughtsmen and painters, including J.M. Szancer – author of illustrations for over 200 books, artistic director of “Świerszczyk”, S. Kobyliński - graphic artist, cartoonist, caricaturist, one of the precursors of Polish comic book, W. Skoczylas – creator of the Polish woodcut school, student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig, M. Żeromska - graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, daughter of Stefan Żeromski, A. Uniechowski – a draughtsman, mainly involved in book illustration, collaborator of "Przekrój", K. Henisz – a painter, engraver, draughtsman, illustrator and ceramist, co-creator of the project known as the Łysa Góra experiment, H. Papiernik – a graduate of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Wrocław, has worked on traditional graphic and graphic design as well as book illustration.
Exhibition curator: Sylwia Zacharz
Exhibition coordinator: Dorota Wysocka