The catalogue (written in three languages:
italian, english and polish) was edited on the occasion of the exhibition "The Jan
Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow: 180 Years of Tradition" that took place in
the "Archivio di Stato" of Florence, from 17th up to 27th November 1999.
The catalogue begins with an introduction where we can find some passages describing the
Academy activities, that were written by the Academy Master, the deans of Faculties of
Painting, Sculpture and Graphics and the President of the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation,
which sponsorized this exhibition.
The introduction also includes some pictures of the Academy building, as well as some
pictures of the historical documents and manuscripts (such as student books of records,
teaching programmes and statutes) showed in the exhibition.
The catalogue main section contains all the paintings and sculptures that were exhibited,
and that can be partly seen in this page. These are sixty works carried out by some of the
most representative artists who lived in Poland and taught at the Academy after the second
world war. For every work the catalogue describes the main features and some interesting
information about the author life.
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