Polish art

The art of Tadeusz Makowski was influenced by Cubism; while Władysław Strzemiński and Henryk Stażewski worked within the Constructivist idiom.

Distinguished contemporary artists include Roman Opałka, Leon Tarasewicz, Jerzy Nowosielski, Wojciech Siudmak, Mirosław Bałka, and Katarzyna Kozyra and Zbigniew Wąsiel in the younger generation.

Kapists (Jan Cybis, Jan Szancenbach, Artur Nacht-Samborski, Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa), Grupa Krakowska (Tadeusz Kantor, Maria Jarema, Jerzy Nowosielski), individuals like Piotr Potworowski, Władysław Hasior, Ludwik Konarzewski (junior), Stefan Knapp, Jerzy Duda-Gracz, Zdzisław Beksiński were some important Polish post-war painters.

[6] Some of the most important representatives of contemporary art are Wilhelm Sasnal, Rafał Bujnowski, Józef Robakowski, Paweł Althamer, Artur Żmijewski, Mirosław Bałka, Leszek Knaflewski, Robert Kuśmirowski, Zuzanna Janin, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Paulina Ołowska, Katarzyna Kozyra, Joanna Rajkowska, Gruppa Azorro.

In many cities museums of modern art are being built, gathering not only national but also international collections (Krakow, Wrocław, and Toruń).

Stańczyk (1862), painted by Jan Matejko
Polish traditional embroidered garment
Melancholy (1894), by Jacek Malczewski
Pavilion of Poland ( Józef Czajkowski ) in Paris, 1925. Building was awarded Grand Prix in the Paris expo . [ 1 ]
Basalt relief in Art Déco style showing Polish coat of arms in Ministry of Transport in Warsaw (1931).
Abstract, colorful, op art ceramic mosaics in Warszawa Śródmieście railway station in Poland by Wojciech Fangor (1963).
Warszawa Śródmieście railway station created by Jerzy Sołtan together with optical art painter Wojciech Fangor (1963).
Kazimierz Stabrowski , Peacock. Portrait of Zofia Borucińska , 1908