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Declaration with regard to the interview given by Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski in the weekly magazine ‘Wprost’ (no 41) dated 7-13 October 2019, as well as in the newspaper ‘Gazeta Polska’ of 9 October 2019

7 November 2019 in /by

With regard to the interview given by Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski in the weekly magazine ‘Wprost’ (no 41) dated 7-13 October 2019, as well as in the newspaper ‘Gazeta Polska’ of 9 October 2019, The Ciechanowiecki Collections Foundation, The Ciechanowiecki Foundation and The Lanckoronski Foundation, would like to publish the following declaration. In the interview Władysław […]

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.

21 October 2019 in /by

       

The Lanckoronski Foundation was the honorary patron of the celebrations entitled “The Year of Maria Clementina Sobieska in Oława”, which on September 26-27 commemorated the three hundredth anniversary of the wedding of the granddaughter of King Jan III who was brought up at the Castle of Oława (formerly Ohlau), to King James III, the exiled Stuart King of Great Britain. The festivities, in which Piotr Piniński as president of the Lanckoronski Foundation took part, were organized by the Starosta of Oława Zdzisław Brezdeń and lasted two days, comprising, amongst other events, the celebration of Holy Mass, various speeches and lectures as well as the unveiling of a memorial plaque.

21 October 2019 in /by

                                     

The Lanckoronski Foundation was the patron of the international conference entitled “Private Collections of Ancient Books”, which was organized by the Ossolineum and held in Wrocław on 18-19 June 2019. The aim of the conference was to gather together and publicize information about former private collections of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic, Silesia and Pomerania, which are presently, in whole or in part, maintained in Polish libraries, archives and museums as well as those abroad. This conference was designed to constitute a further step towards reaching a deeper knowledge and academic historical reconstruction of book collections throughout the ages. 26 June 2019

7 March 2019 in /by

Website: Private Collections of Ancient Books  

At the Bristol Hotel in Warsaw on the 18th of October the inauguration of the Book of a Century of Independence was held, of which the Lanckoronski Foundation was the principal sponsor. As part of the occasion a debate took place entitled Poland on the Road of Democracy 1918-2018. It was introduced by a speech given by Professor Andrzej Rottermund, former director of the Royal Castle in Warsaw and president of the Ciechanowiecki and Teresa Sahakian Foundations, whilst the debate itself was hosted by Zbigniew Gluza, president of the Karta publishing house. The participants were Filip Bajon, Professor Andrzej Bordziej, Janina Ochojska and Andrzej Pągowski and Kazimiera Szczuka

30 October 2018 in /by

The Lanckoronski Foundation is the largest financial partner of the 2018 programme designed by Ośrodek Karta, entitled “Nieskończenie Niedpodległa” (“Unending Independence”), aimed at stimulating a non party-political nationwide debate on the condition of Poland’s independence, society and democracy during the period 1918-2018. This programme includes, amongst others, fifty two weekly articles in the newspaper “Rzeczypospolita”, as well as regular programmes to be broadcast by Polsat Television and Radio ZET as well as in Histmag.org

5 January 2018 in /by