Ekspresjonizm Wincentego Drabika

Abstract

The stage design taking shape in Poland after World War I was an extension of painting work of such artists as Karol Frycz, Wincenty Drabik, and the Pronaszko brothers. Among them, Wincenty Drabik proved to be the most revolutionary for the Polish stage design. The creative output of this artists consisted in materializing staging visions first of Wyspiański, and then his own. He passionately used patterns adapted from Polish folk art; he was well-acquainted with the shape deformation characteristic for German expressionism. Drabik in an original way realized the idea of Gasamtkunswerk. His social role was extended by pedagogical work. Drabik laid a foundation for stage design education in Poland. Initially, he taught decoration and perspective in painting in Kiev at the Polish School of Fine Arts (1916–1918), and then in Warsaw in the School of Fine Arts (1918–1933). Under his auspices, a new generation of stage designers was educated, who following WWII constituted the core of Polish theatres in terms of visual arts.