The article reveals details of Wojciech Weiss’s stay in Wielkopolska in early September 1911. Recently discovered correspondence from Alfred and Helena Chłapowski, as well as Weiss’s private letters, unveiled unknown aspects of the artist as a creator of gentry portraits, while also highlighting gaps in our knowledge on the subject. The letters allowed for the connection of facts with a specific painting – Portrait of a Woman in a White Dress), currently in the collection of the National Museum in Poznań, overlooked by researchers so far. This is the first attempt to address this topic through a comparative analysis of the artwork with written sources. The research allowed for the verification of previous data about the object, ultimately confirming the identity of the portrayed woman and correcting the mistaken information regarding the place of the artwork’s creation. The erroneous belief that the painting was created in Bonikowo, at the Chłapowski estate, stemmed from the fact that the painting was taken from there by German occupiers and transported to the Kaiser Friedrich Museum (today’s National Museum in Poznań). Meanwhile, Weiss painted the portrait in Pawłowice, at the familial estate of Helena Chłapowska. The conclusions from this research may contribute to future broader research studies on Wojciech Weiss’s activities in the Wielkopolska region.
The article reveals details of Wojciech Weiss’s stay in Wielkopolska in early September 1911. Recently discovered correspondence from Alfred and Helena Chłapowski, as well as Weiss’s private letters, unveiled unknown aspects of the artist as a creator of gentry portraits, while also highlighting gaps in our knowledge on the subject. The letters allowed for the connection of facts with a specific painting – Potret kobiety w białej sukni (Portrait of a Woman in a White Dress), currently in the collection of the National Museum in Poznań, overlooked by researchers so far. This is the first attempt to address this topic through a comparative analysis of the artwork with written sources. The research allowed for the verification of previous data about the object, ultimately confirming the identity of the portrayed woman and correcting the mistaken information regarding the place of the artwork’s creation. The erroneous belief that the painting was created in Bonikowo, at the Chłapowski estate, stemmed from the fact that the painting was taken from there by German occupiers and transported to the Kaiser Friedrich Museum (today’s National Museum in Poznań). Meanwhile, Weiss painted the portrait in Pawłowice, at the familial estate of Helena Chłapowska. The conclusions from this research may contribute to future broader research studies on Wojciech Weiss’s activities in the Wielkopolska region.
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Artykuł odkrywa szczegóły pobytu Wojciecha Weissa w Wielkopolsce na początku września 1911 roku. Odnaleziona niedawno w zbiorach rodziny artysty korespondencja Alfreda i Heleny Chłapowskich oraz listów prywatnych Weissa ukazała nieznane oblicze tego artysty jako twórcy portretów ziemiańskich, jednocześnie uświadamiając braki w naszej wiedzy na ten temat. Listy pozwoliły powiązać fakty z konkretnym dziełem malarskim – Portretem kobiety w białej sukni, obecnie znajdującym się w kolekcji Muzeum Narodowego w Poznaniu, jednak przeoczonym przez badaczy. Jest to pierwsza próba opracowania tego tematu poprzez analizę porównawczą dzieła ze źródłami pisanymi. Badania pozwoliły zweryfikować dotychczasowe dane o obiekcie, ostatecznie potwierdzić tożsamość portretowanej i skorygować błędną informację dotyczącą miejsca powstania dzieła. Mylne przekonanie, jakoby obraz powstał w Bonikowie, w majątku Chłapowskich, wynikało stąd, że obraz został stamtąd zabrany przez niemieckich okupantów i zwieziony do Kaiser Friedrich Museum (dzisiejszego Muzeum Narodowego w Poznaniu). Tymczasem Weiss malował portret w Pawłowicach, w rodzinnej posiadłości Heleny Chłapowskiej. Wnioski z tych badań mogą przyczynić się w przyszłości do podjęcia szerszego studium badawczego na temat działalności Wojciecha Weissa na terenach Wielkopolski.
The latest specialist excavations of utensil ceramics from the early Middle Ages in south-west Wielkopolska and the south-east part of Ziemia Lubuska have revealed features characteristic of craft ceramics. The features include selecting the mineral leaning admixture with respect to the fraction and type, the application of slipware, as well as a potter’s wheel. The research has been based on the results of petrographic analyses of selected utensils from the sites in Bonikowo (Wielkopolska region) as well as Połupin and Stożne (Lubuskie region). The artefacts have been dated on the basis of a thermoluminescent analysis of pieces of receptacles (Stożne) and the results of radiocarbon dating (Bonikowo, Połupin, Stożne). As for the occurrence of craft ceramics, the former stages of the Early Middle Ages (approximately 6/7th-9th centuries) are strongly contrasted with the subsequent Medieval times (10th – mid-13th centuries) when this type of utensil was non-existent.
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