Although the 1939 Polish Pavilion murals have been referenced in numerous bio-snippets about Boleslaw Cybis, I was unable to locate good photographs of them until very recently. There were nine murals, based on three very different themes. The Seven ‘History of Poland’ Murals These were commissioned in early 1938 by a committee that was directed [...]
Although textiles are far from the first medium that comes to mind when considering the works of Boleslaw and Marja Cybis, they would form a surprisingly notable part of a catalogue raisonné. Boleslaw and Marja were definitely creating textile art in Poland during the 1930s. What did these items look like? In her article Polish Textiles [...]
After writing my previous post about Boleslaw Cybis and the Brotherhood of Saint Luke, I was inspired to look a bit further into the ‘world stage’ Exhibitions that he was involved in. There were three such Exhibitions of note. From left to right in these renderings of the Polish Pavilions within each, they were the [...]
Often some of the most charming snippets of a 'famous' person's life are the little things that never get put into the official record; here are two accidentally-unearthed bits about Boleslaw Cybis. The Bookplate Sometimes it's easy to assume that an artist would always design things for their own use, and often that's true…but not [...]
THE CYBIS ARCHIVE 