Formizm (English: Formism) was an avant-garde literary and artistic movement active in the Second Polish Republic between 1917 and 1922.
[2] In 1919, a year after Poland had regained its independence, the group adopted the name Formiści (Formists), reflecting their interest in examining the question of form in visual art and an intention to move beyond Expressionism.
[3] To that end, the Formists incorporated various elements of Polish folk, including motifs from glass painting from the Podhale region.
[2] Between 1919 and 1921, the group published a periodical titled Formiści (The Formists) which "became a platform for the exchange of progressive ideas developed in parallel across Europe"' and facilitated connections between Western and Central and Eastern European modern artists.
[3] Its members included Leon Chwistek, Tytus Czyżewski, Zbigniew Pronaszko, Andrzej Pronaszko, Konrad Winkler, August Zamoyski, Jan Hrynkowski, Tymon Niesiołowski, Jacek Mierzejewski, Zygmunt Radnicki and Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, among other writers and visual artists.