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2 unusual facts about Young Poland


Young Poland

The most influential trend was art nouveau, although Polish artists started to seek also some form of a national style (including styl zakopiański or the Zakopane style).

In music, the term Young Poland is applied to an informal group of composers that include Karol Szymanowski, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Ludomir Różycki and possibly Mieczysław Karłowicz.


Leon Wyczółkowski

Leon Wyczółkowski (11 April 1852, Huta Miastowska near Garwolin – 27 December 1936, Warsaw) was one of the leading painters of the Young Poland movement, as well as the principal representative of Polish Realism in art of the period.

Ludomir Różycki

He was, with Mieczysław Karłowicz, Karol Szymanowski and Grzegorz Fitelberg, a member of the group of composers known as Young Poland, the intention of which was to invigorate the musical culture of their generation in their mother country.


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