Migracje

Jan Gromadzki, Agnieszka Patała

The exhibition presents painting, sculpture and goldsmith work created in Silesia, and commissioned by the local inhabitants in other European locations from 1440 to 1520. In the words of the curator, Dr. Agnieszka Patała, the title of this exhibition highlights the factor which played a decisive role in the specificity of Silesian towns, especially Wrocław, and the nature of local artistic output. Indeed, the migrants of the title were the artists who left us really exceptional works which today are the pride and joy of many art collections in Poland and abroad. They arrived in Silesia from distant lands and settled in this region, establishing workshops which gave employment to a few other artisans, and worked on many commissions, often from faraway places. Among them were such artists as Wilhelm Kalteysen von Oche (whose revolutionary Altar of St. Barbara made in 1447 has been...