Assorted Artworks found in Poland

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These pictures come from all over poland, but mostly the major cities.


Poster Art display in one of the buildings at Wilanów Park. Copywrited materials. I put this here as there were many rotating shows in different parts of the country - most of which I saw in Warsaw. The posters here ranged from political to commercial many being very creative and most were in English.


Wilanów Park sculptures. If you are into stone sculpture I'd highly recommend a stop here. All traditionally done and in good shape; some were being restored though.


Wilanów Palace. Inside is quite a collection of art and historical objects which I'll see the next time I'm in Poland. The park was free to get in on one day and the Palace on another - we were on the park day.


This is in the old museum in Warsaw. They had a tremendous amount of religious artifacts and quite a few very nice paintings. All dated pre 1900. Many of the figures like this were over 500 years old.


A very large painting. There were several of these monsterous paintings which could take hours to view.


One of my favorite paintings. The majority of the art was from Polish artists unknown to me and much of the work was extremely good.


Another favorite


and another


and another


and another which reminds me of Thomas Crotty, but painted 100 years prior.


and another - the lighting was poor in some of the areas.


I do not remember this exact cathedral, but its in Krakow and was the most detailed of them I saw. Quite beautiful and still very much being used. The camera lense was dirty here.


The Theatre in Warsaw; the building was too big to fit in 1 picture. It took 3.


Warsaw Uprising Monument during the anniversary of the uprising. This area had intense fighting after Poland fell to Germans and the underground Polish army tried to regain the city.


I thought this was a nice work of art. The gentleman here had this patch safety-pinned to his shirt. I guess prior to going home to mom he'd remove the patch and pocket it until back out with his friends.


Wieliczka Salt mines. Here we are ~125 meters underground. There was quite an array of tunnels, carvings, statues, sanctuaries, and other areas all carved out of salt. The mine has been in production since the 13th century. the mine consists of nine levels going down to a depth of 327m. There are 2,040 chambers connected by 200km of passages. the chandeliers are made of salt as with everything else. Its listed in the Unesco world heritage list with reason. Check out the official website for better pictures and info.


Relief in Salt


Sculpture from Salt


Ball room. The tour took about 3 hours or so. It was a little more expensive to see this than anything else we saw in Poland, but it was well worth it and guides are available in 4 languages atleast. We opted for the Polish one and Justyna translated the important stuff for me.


Auschwitz II-BirkenauNothing can be said to match the horror of being on these grounds. The sculpture here was well done with plates in many different languages:

For ever let this place be
A cry of despair
and a warning to humanity
Where the Nazis murdered
about one and a half
Million
Men, Woman, and Children
Mainly Jew
From various coutries
of Europe


I'll add that not only were Europeans murdered and it was warm, cold, sunny, and breezy there.


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