Konserwacja kurdybanów w krakowskim warsztacie Wacława Szymborskiego

• Authors: Rosa Halina , Bogacz-Walska Monika

Title variants

EN

Conservation of Cordwains in the Cracow Workshop of Wacław Szymborski

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Wacław Szymborski (1 8 9 8 -1 9 6 8 ) was born in Częstochowa but his whole life was connected with Cracow where he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and, already during his studies, began working as a conservator. His greatest accomplishment was the conservation and execution of copies o f the cordwains purchased in Moritzburg for the Wawel Royal Castle. For the purposes o f this task, in which he was involved from 1928 to 1948, Szymborski was compelled to become acquainted with the technique o f the cordwain. He organised a special workshop on Wawel Hill with up to twenty helpers. He also designed and personally made the necessary tools (models and decorations o f the leather). In 1938 and 1939 Szymborski was awarded prizes at international exhibitions held in N ew York and Saloniki. He was also a conservator o f paintings, including the Racławice Panorama (1 9 5 0 -1 9 5 6 ). His other achievements are leather cordwain covering o f his own design for the Madonna chapel in Jasna Gora and a baldachim for the presbitery o f the Warsaw cathedral. The postwar situation in Poland was unfavourable for Szymborski, whose years were connected with dire financial difficulties. From the perspective o f over a quarter o f a century from his death it appears that Szymborski was insufficiently appreciated. Despite the enormity o f his work, the number o f publications and documents about him remains very modest.

Keywords

PL

konserwacja kurdybanów na Wawelu; Wawel; wawelskie kurdybany; Wacław Szymborski; produkcja kurdybanów; technika wyrobu kurdybanów; działalność Wacława Szymborskiego

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1996
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 187-193

Dates

published

1996

Contributors

author

Rosa Halina

author

Bogacz-Walska Monika

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Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247