Cybis/Zamoyski Military Frescoes in Poland

Cybis/Zamoyski Military Frescoes in Poland

In 1935, Boleslaw Cybis and Jan Zamoyski were tasked with creating a fresco painting for the interior of the Military Institute of Geography in Warsaw. The Military Institute is an amalgam of different museums and study locations; for example, there is the Military Institute of Medicine, the Military Institute of Armament Technology, and so on. [...]

The 1939 World’s Fair Polish Murals

The 1939 World’s Fair Polish Murals

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 [...]