Soldiers, Artists: The Exhibitions of Anders’ Army Hashtag (topic) #Artists in Arms #visual arts Nagłówek super artykułu Title on page in header Soldiers, Artists: The Exhibitions of Anders’ Army Image or video bagdad_kolaz.jpg Podpis dla multimediów ‘Baghdad’ collage for the Artists in Arms project, photo: artwork by rzeczyobrazkowe / Adam Mickiewicz Institute Header text color rgb(255, 255, 255) Enable audio for video Off Negative header audio button Wyłączony Negative side audio button Wyłączony Zawartość (treść strony Super Artykułu) Columns style both columns static Left column If, in January 1943, some lost soul were to step into the British Institute in Baghdad, they might have been surprised. Right column A street in Baghdad with government buildings, mosque tower visible in the background, 1941, photo: NAC / www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl Fullscreen gallery items Text Wharf on the River Tigris in Baghdad Podpis obrazka photo: NAC / www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl Text position left top Text Omar Mosque in Baghdad Podpis obrazka photo: NAC / www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl Text position left top Text Storks in Baghdad, September 1942 Podpis obrazka photo: NAC / www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl Text position left top Columns style both columns static Left column That same year, Jerzy Bazarowski wrote in Parada (Parade), a Polish periodical published in Cairo and Rome from 1943 to 1945: Right column ‘Akt’ (Nude) by Józef Jarema, 1942, painting shown at the Polish art exhibition in Rome, 1944, photo: Polona.pl Columns style both columns static Left column If the frequency of reproductions – especially colour reproductions – in the catalogues indicates special recognition, the following artists must have enjoyed the greatest popularity: Józef Jarema, Edward Matuszczak, Zygmunt Turkiewicz, Stani Right column Cover of the catalogue of the Polish art exhibition in Rome, 1945, photo: Polona.pl Fullscreen gallery items Text Still life by Józef Jarema, 1944, painting shown at the Polish art exhibition in Rome, 1944 Podpis obrazka photo: Polona.pl Text position left top Text Landscape by Stanisław Westwalewicz, 1943, painting shown at the Polish art exhibition in Rome, 1944 Podpis obrazka photo: Polona.pl Text position left top Text ‘Martwa Natura’ (Still Life) by Edward Matuszczak, 1942, painting shown at the Polish art exhibition in Rome, 1944 Podpis obrazka photo: Polona.pl Text position left top Columns style both columns static Left column The Rome exhibition was organised after the Polish II Corps’ victory at Monte Cassino. But the drawings contain no scenes from the battlefield, and no posters were created after these events. Right column Draughtsman & graphic designer Stanisław Gliwa on the cover of ‘Parada’ (Parade) magazine, April 1942 Fullscreen gallery items Text ‘Z Kurdystanu’ (From Kurdistan) by Stanisław Westwalewicz, watercolour on paper, 1943, property of the Okręgowe Museum in Tarnów Podpis obrazka photo: Piotr Drewniak Text position left top Text ‘Kair’ (Cairo) by Zygmunt Turkiewicz, watercolour on paper, property of the Archiwum Emigracji UMK (Emigration Archive of Nicholaus Copernius University) Podpis obrazka photo: J. W. Sienkiewicz Text position left top Text ‘Kurdish Women’ by Janina Wolff-Bogucka, 1942 Podpis obrazka photo: Polona.pl Text position left top Columns style both columns static Left column And yet post-impressionism remained the predominant style of the Anders’ Army soldiers – Gino Severnini noted the strong influence of Georges Seraut on the works presented in Rome. Right column Page from a journal with a reproduction of ‘Widok Dachów w Bagdadzie’ (View from the Roofs in Baghdad) by Józef Czapski, 1943, photo: Archives of Maria and Józef Czapski, National Museum in Kraków Fullscreen gallery items Text One of the lesser-known artists connected with Anders’ Army was Edward Herzbaum, who was born in Vienna in 1920. He was studying architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. Arrested by the Soviets in Lwów (today’s Lviv), he was sent to the Volgolag labour camp by the Rybinsk Reservoir. Herzbaum was freed thanks to the ‘amnesty’ of the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement, and reached the newly forming Polish troops in Tatischevo. As part of Anders’ Army, he travelled the entire war route, culminating in the fighting in Italy. He kept a diary throughout this time, published in 2016 as Między Światami (Between Worlds), and he also created drawings, which became a kind of visual record of the wartime period. After the war, he worked in England as an architect. He passed away in 1967. Podpis obrazka Drawing by Edward Herzbaum, photo: courtesy of Krystyna Mew Text position left top Text ‘Monte Cassino’ by Edward Herzbaum Text position left top Columns style both columns static Left column It was Czapski who made Zygmunt Turkiewicz the head of the Art Department. Right column Cover of ‘Parada’ (Parade), 1945 Tekst Bibliography: Anders' Artists: Rescued from Inhuman Land by Jan Wiktor Sienkiewicz, Warsaw 2017; “Polish Artists” by Gino Severini [in:] Exhibition of Paintings by Polish Soldier-Artists, Rzym 1944; “Sprzymierzeni w Bagdadzie” by Jerzy Bazarowski, „Parada”, nr 10, 1943, s. 13. 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These never lacked for images of new and unfamiliar surroundings – from Baghdad to Rome – but they also spoke to a longing for their homeland. Not standard color version On Series label Begin reading Summary One way to tell the story of Anders’ Army is through the exhibitions its ‘soldier artists’ set up along their way. These never lacked for images of new and unfamiliar surroundings – from Baghdad to Rome – but they also spoke to a longing for their homeland. Cover Thumbnail size default [360 px] Thumbnail bagdad_kolaz.jpg