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Sztuka Society Exhibition Poster — Teodor Axentowicz, 1898
Teodor Axentowicz · Sztuka Society exhibition poster, Kraków, 1898
What it is
Axentowicz’s exhibition poster for the second show of the Sztuka ("Art") Society, the group that anchored Young Poland’s visual arts wing.
Why it matters
Sztuka gathered Kraków’s Young Poland painters under one banner; Axentowicz’s portraiture brought a softer, Symbolist line to the movement’s otherwise folk-inflected graphic language.
What to notice
A single portrait bust rendered with painterly softness rare in the movement’s harder-edged theater posters.
The society, introduced by its gentlest hand.
Provenance
- School
- Young Poland (Młoda Polska) (Poland)
- Designer
- Teodor Axentowicz
- Format
- Exhibition poster
- Poster published
- Sztuka Society exhibition poster, Kraków, 1898
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-17.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00
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