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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Jakub Borawski, a member of the Council of the Lanckoronski Foundation, speaking during the opening of the exhibition entitled “36 x Rembrandt”.

Jakub Borawski, a member of the Council of the Lanckoronski Foundation, speaking during the opening of the exhibition entitled “36 x Rembrandt”.

Jakub Borawski, as the representative of the Lanckoronski Foundation, during the opening of the exhibition “36 x Rembrandt”. To his right are the Minister of Culture Professor Piotr Gliński as well as the Director of the Royal Castle in Warsaw Professor Wojciech Fałkowski.

Jakub Borawski, as the representative of the Lanckoronski Foundation, during the opening of the exhibition “36 x Rembrandt”. To his right are the Minister of Culture Professor Piotr Gliński as well as the Director of the Royal Castle in Warsaw Professor Wojciech Fałkowski.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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The president of the Lanckoronski Foundation Piotr Piniński during the event to celebrate the anniversary of the marriage of Maria Clementine Sobieska to the exiled King James III of Great Britain.

The president of the Lanckoronski Foundation Piotr Piniński during the event to celebrate the anniversary of the marriage of Maria Clementine Sobieska to the exiled King James III of Great Britain.

Professor Aleksandra Skrzypietz of the University of Silesia in Katowice during her lecture on Maria Clementine Sobieska.

Professor Aleksandra Skrzypietz of the University of Silesia in Katowice during her lecture on Maria Clementine Sobieska.

The Starosta of Oława Zdzisław Brezdeń and Piotr Piniński unveil the memorial in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Oława which commemorates the three hundredth anniversary of the marriage of Maria Clementine Sobieska and the exiled King James III of Great Britain.

The Starosta of Oława Zdzisław Brezdeń and Piotr Piniński unveil the memorial in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Oława which commemorates the three hundredth anniversary of the marriage of Maria Clementine Sobieska and the exiled King James III of Great Britain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Website: Private Collections of Ancient Books

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(from left) Dr Dorota Sidorowicz-Mulak of the Ossolineum and Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation.

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(1st row) Professor Arvydas Pacevičius from the University of Wilno; (2nd row) Dr Iryna Kachur from the National Library of the Ukraine in Lwów and Irena Ciborowska-Rymarowicz from the National Library of the Ukraine in Kiev.

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(from left) The director of the Ossolineum Dr Adolf Juzwenko with Professor Jacek Soszyński of the Polish Academy of Science.

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(facing, from left) Dr Jolanta Gwioździk, Professor Paulina Buchwald-Pelcowa and Dr Urszula Paszkiewicz during the accompanying exhibition entitled “Rare Manuscripts from the Ossolineum’s Collections, XV – XVIII c.”

 

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

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Warsaw 18/10/18. Hotel Bristol. Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation, (middle) talks with Zbigniew Gluza (on the right) president of the Ośrodek Karta.

The inauguration of the Book of a Century of Independence

(from left) Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation, Maria Bliźniak, Dominik Radziwiłł, member of the Lanckoronski Foundation Council, professor Andrzej Rottermund, president of the Collection Foundation Ciechanowiecki and the Teresa Sahakian Foundation.

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Dominik Radziwiłł, member of the Council of the Lanckoronski Foundation, (on the left), talks with Michał Szułdrzyński, deputy editor-in-chief of the Rzeczpospolita newspaper.

ZAPROSZENIE INAUGURACJA KSIĘGI

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The annual meeting of the Lanckoroński Foundation’s Scholarship Committee, held at the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków which administers the programme

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(from left to right) Piotr Piniński president of the Lanckoronski Foundation, professor Andrzej Borowski the vice-president of the Polish Academy of Learning, and Katarzyna Dzięgło who is the committee’s secretary.

(from left to right) Professors Adam Małkiewicz (of the Polish Academy of Learning), Janusz Tandecki (of the University of Toruń), Kazimierz Lewartowski (of the University of Warsaw), and Maciej Salamon of the University of Kraków).

(from left to right) Professors Adam Małkiewicz (of the Polish Academy of Learning), Janusz Tandecki (of the University of Toruń), Kazimierz Lewartowski (of the University of Warsaw), and Maciej Salamon of the University of Kraków).

Promotion in Wrocław of the publication: Książka dawna i jej właściciele, containing papers given at the international conference held in the Autumn of 2016, organized by the Ossolineum and the Consortium of European Research Libraries.

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(from left to right) Dr Adolf Juzwenko director of the Ossolineum, Professor Jacek Soszyński, Piotr Piniński president of the Lanckoronski Foundation, Dorota Sidorowicz-Mulak (co-editor), Dr Mariusz Dworsatschek vice-director of the Ossolineum and Agnieszka Franczyk-Cegła (co-editor).

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Piotr Piniński with the publication’s two editors, Dorota Sidorowicz-Mulak and Agnieszka Franczyk-Cegła.

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

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The City of London, Gresham Street – a working session of the president and members of the Foundation’s Council with the Foundation’s investment team from the international division of Investec Wealth & Management.

 

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(facing, left to right) The president of the Foundation Piotr Piniński with Council members Dominik Radziwiłł, Piotr Chłapowski and Jadwiga Czartoryska.

(facing, left to right) Philip Osborn (senior investment director), Richard Johnson (senior investment director), Darren Ruane (head of Fixed Interest), Fei Yu (investment director) and David Bulteel (executive director).

Presentation in Warsaw at the Polish Academy of Science’s Institute of History, of Professor Krzysztof Chłapowski’s book: Starostowie niegrodowi w Koronie 1565-1795, materiały źródłowe, sponsored by the Lanckoronski Foundation.

(left to right) Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation, together with professors Krzysztof Chłapowski and Sławomir Górzyński, editor-in-chief of the publishing house Wydawnictwo DiG.

(left to right) Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation, together with professors Krzysztof Chłapowski and Sławomir Górzyński, editor-in-chief of the publishing house Wydawnictwo DiG.

“Polska 1926”

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On October 18th 2017 the website polska1926.pl was launched. Co-financed by The Lanckoronski Foundation “Polska 1926” is a presentation of one of the greatest personalized lists of the population of the Second Polish Republic. Five and half million Polish citizens signed names under a Declaration of Admiration and Friendship for the United States of America as a unique token of gratitude for that country’s exceptionally generous aid and assistance with regard to the re-establishment of Poland’s independence.

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Links:
http://polska1926.pl/
http://dzieje.pl/aktualnosci/karta-922017-dzieki-ameryce
http://dsh.waw.pl/2678-from-poland-with-love,wys