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The Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków held a joint opening of two exhibitions, entitled ‘Masterpieces from the Lanckoroński Collection’ and ‘The New Royal Treasury’, on 30 June 2022.

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Amongst those paintings from the Lanckoroński Collection which after the Second World War were sold on the European art market, are three, kindly lent by their present owners for the first of the two exhibitions. They are: Saint George and the Dragon by Paolo Uccello (owned presently by the National Gallery in London), acquired originally […]

Young Researchers Take the Lead

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The centre of the Polish Academy of Science in Vienna, which for years has hosted recipients of scholarships from the Lanckoronski Foundation, this year initiated a project entitled ‘Young Researchers Take the Lead’. This is being done in co-operation with the Foundation as well as the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków. Its aim is […]

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† With deep sadness the Foundation regrets the loss of its long-standing member, Stanisław August Morawski, who died in Rome on December 23rd at the age of ninety seven. The funeral took place there on December 27th. His contribution to Polish culture, in particular that of the émigré Polish community in Italy, was of great […]

Dr Olga Linkiewicz’s book “Locality and Nationalism. Rural communities in Eastern Galicia in the interwar period ” was awarded the Kazimierz Moczarski City of Warsaw History Award.

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Dr Olga Linkiewicz of the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences received the Kazimierz Moczarski City of Warsaw History Award for her book “Locality and Nationalism. Rural communities in Eastern Galicia in the interwar period”, published with the support of the Lanckoronski Foundation (see: News – New Publications 2018). The Kazimierz Moczarski […]

The opening of the exhibition at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, entitled “36 x Rembrandt”, took place on 4 October 2019, the centrepieces of which are the paintings “Girl in a Window frame” and “Scholar at a Lectern”. Both works of art were donated to the Royal Castle in 1994 as part of Professor Karolina Lanckorońska’s gift to the Polish Nation and are usually on display in the Castle’s Lanckoroński Gallery. The exhibition also provides the occasion to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of that exceptional donation. Also on show are drawings and prints lent by the Print Section of the University of Warsaw’s Library as well as the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków.

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