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From Adler to Zulawski
A Century of Polish Artists in Britain

From Adler to Zulawski: A Century of Polish Artists in Britain

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  • Alfred Wolmark, Sabbath Afternoon
    Alfred Wolmark, Sabbath Afternoon
  • Alfred Wolmark, The Last Days of Rabbi Ben Ezra, 1905
    Alfred Wolmark, The Last Days of Rabbi Ben Ezra, 1905
  • Enrico Glicenstein, Portrait of Israel Zangwill
    Enrico Glicenstein, Portrait of Israel Zangwill
  • Moshe Oved, Chanukiah with Doves
    Moshe Oved, Chanukiah with Doves
  • Henryk Gotlib, Self-portrait with Pipe
    Henryk Gotlib, Self-portrait with Pipe
  • Alfred Wolmark, Dreamers of the Ghetto, 1925
    Alfred Wolmark, Dreamers of the Ghetto, 1925
  • Ralph Sallon, Portrait of Herbert Morrison
    Ralph Sallon, Portrait of Herbert Morrison
  • Ernest Borough Johnson, Portrait of Alfred Wolmark
    Ernest Borough Johnson, Portrait of Alfred Wolmark
  • Mark Wayner, Sir William Rothenstein
    Mark Wayner, Sir William Rothenstein
  • Leopold Pilichowski, The Labourer (Old Man in a Blue Smock)
    Leopold Pilichowski, The Labourer (Old Man in a Blue Smock)
  • Leopold Pilichowski, Portrait of Theodore Herzl
    Leopold Pilichowski, Portrait of Theodore Herzl
  • Isaac Lichtenstein, The Blind Fiddler
    Isaac Lichtenstein, The Blind Fiddler
  • Jankel Adler, Wounded (Portrait of a man in a cap), c. 1940-43
    Jankel Adler, Wounded (Portrait of a man in a cap), c. 1940-43
  • Lena Pillico, Cottages in the Country, 1932
    Lena Pillico, Cottages in the Country, 1932
  • Alicia Melamed-Adams, Tears
    Alicia Melamed-Adams, Tears
  • Marthe Hekimi, La Grande Peur du monde, 1940-44
    Marthe Hekimi, La Grande Peur du monde, 1940-44
  • Josef Karpf, Still Life with Skull
    Josef Karpf, Still Life with Skull
  • Auschwitz by Josef Karpf
    Josef Karpf, Auschwitz, 1960-70
  • Shmuel Dresner, Pages from the Diary of David Rubinowicz, 2005
    Shmuel Dresner, Pages from the Diary of David Rubinowicz, 2005
  • Roman Halter, 74 Chodecz and Dorset , ca. 2005
    Roman Halter, 74 Chodecz and Dorset , ca. 2005
  • Josef Herman, Refugees, c. 1941
    Josef Herman, Refugees, c. 1941
  • Josef Herman, Study for Tribute to Goya's Black Pictures (aka In Memory of the Fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto, aka Auschwitz), 1986
    Josef Herman, Study for Tribute to Goya's Black Pictures (aka In Memory of the Fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto, aka Auschwitz), 1986
  • Josef Herman, Tribute to Goya's Black Pictures (aka In Memory of the Fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto, aka Auschwitz)
    Josef Herman, Tribute to Goya's Black Pictures (aka In Memory of the Fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto, aka Auschwitz)
  • George Him, Israel and the World Powers
    George Him, Israel and the World Powers
  • Adriana Swierszczek, Abduction of Europa, 2006
    Adriana Swierszczek, Abduction of Europa, 2006
  • Marek Zulawski, Susanna and the Elders (aka Seated Female Nude), 1975
    Marek Zulawski, Susanna and the Elders (aka Seated Female Nude), 1975
  • Poland First to Fight by Marek Zulawski

    Marek Zulawski (1908-1985)

    Poland First to Fight  1939

    Poster

    56 x 36.2 cm

    Polish Library, POSK 

    © Marek Zulawski estate

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Polish Army hand in hand with Britain by W. Meyer

    W. Meyer

    Polish Army hand in hand with Britain  1944

    Poster (facsimile)

    51 x 38 cm

    Polish Library, POSK

  • Poland - The Untold Story, Exhibition 19th February – 20th March

    Unknown

    Poland - The Untold Story, Exhibition 19th February – 20th March  1945

    Poster

    56 x 42 cm

    Polish Library, POSK

  • Wschodnia Afryka i nasze osiedla by W. R. Szomanski

    W. R. Szomanski (1911-1996)

    Wschodnia Afryka i nasze osiedla  1945

    Poster (facsimile)

    62 x 46 cm

    Polish Library, POSK

  • Back Home by Andrzej Maria Borkowski

    Teodor Axentowicz (1859-1938)

    The Parting  n.d.

    Pastel on paper

    95.5 x 68.5 cm

    The Polish Library, POSK in London

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  • Horse with Three Legs by Josef Piwowar

    Marian Bohusz-Szyszko (1901-1995)

    Winter Landscape  1947

    Oil on canvas

    101x75 cm

    Collection of Matthew Bateson

    Reproduced with permission of St Christopher's Hospice, London

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Girl in a Crocodile Mask by Andrzej Maria Borkowski

    Marian Bohusz-Szyszko (1901-1995)

    Portrait of Cyprian Norwid  1946

    Pen and ink on paper

    72 x 53 cm

    The Polish Library, POSK in London

    Reproduced with permission of St Christopher's Hospice, London

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  • Taste of Freedom by Malgorzata Lapsa-Malawska

    Marian Bohusz-Szyszko (1901-1995)

    Birth of Man  c.1960s

    Oil on canvas

    121.5 x 91 cm

    POSK Art Collection, London

    Reproduced with permission of St Christopher's Hospice, London

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Women’s Strength by Malgorzata Lapsa-Malawska

    Janina Baranowska (1925-)

    Portrait  1953

    Oil on canvas

    60 x 42 cm

    Collection of Matthew Bateson

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  • Untitled by Stanislaw Slawomir Blatton

    Janina Baranowska (1925-)

    Crucifixion  n.d.

    Oil on canvas

    122 x 91.5 cm

    Collection of Matthew Bateson

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • September 11 (published in The Guardian) by Andrzej Krauze

    Wlodzimierz Koltonowski (1888-1973)

    Forest  1931-45

    Charcoal and pencil on paper

    106 x 145 cm

    The Polish Library, POSK in London

  • Boris Johnson by Joanna Ciechanowska

    Adam Kossowski (1905-1986)

    Polish prisoners of war in Kharkov Prison 1939  1943

    Pencil on paper

    30 x 40 cm

    Private Collection

  • All That They Hide from Themselves/Encrusted Island by Maja Ngom

    Tadeusz Piotr Potworowski (1898-1962)

    Self Portrait  1948

    Pen and ink on paper

    9 x 8 cm

    Private Collection, London

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  • All That They Hide from Themselves/Encrusted Island by Maja Ngom

    Feliks Topolski (1907-1989)

    Old England  1943

    Oil on canvas

    68 x 90 cm

    Collection of Matthew Bateson

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  • Ground I by Magda Blasinska

    Feliks Topolski (1907-1989)

    Portrait of Bertrand Russell  1957

    Pencil on paper

    30 x 20 cm

    Collection of Matthew Bateson

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Stalin's Revenge by Magda Blasinska

    Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991)

    Portrait of Anna and Kasia  1954

    Oil on canvas

    41 x 56 cm

    POSK Art Collection, London

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  • PL-Land by Hanna Puskarz

    Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991)

    Pamela (Looking Down the Harbour)  1957

    Oil on canvas

    115 x 73 cm

    Private Collection

  • Sundown by Magda Skupinska

    Stanislaw Frenkiel (1918-2001)

    Incantations  1993

    Oil on canvas

    121 x 91 cm

    Private collection

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Stanislaw Frenkiel (1918-2001) Squeak’s Miraculous Escape 1973 Oil on canvas 110 x 90 cm POSK Art Collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Stanislaw Frenkiel (1918-2001)

    Squeak’s Miraculous Escape  1973

    Oil on canvas

    110 x 90 cm

    POSK Art Collection

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Blue Lancer by Jan Wieliczko

    Jan Wieliczko (1919/21-1998)

    Blue Lancer  c.1965

    Oil on canvas

    90.5 x 60.5 cm

    POSK Art Collection

  • Jan Wieliczko (1919/1921-1998) Slade School of Art 1937-47 Album (facsimile) 25 x 45 cm Private Collection

    Jan Wieliczko (1919/1921-1998)

    Slade School of Art  1937-47

    Album (facsimile)

    25 x 45 cm

    Private Collection

  • Jan Wieliczko (1919/21-1998) Protest 1937-47 Album (facsimile) 25 x 45 cm Private Collection

    Jan Wieliczko (1919/21-1998)

    Protest  1937-47

    Album (facsimile)

    25 x 45 cm

    Private Collection

  • Jan Wieliczko (1919/21-1998) D-Day 1937-47 Album (facsimile) 25 x 45 cm Private Collection

    Jan Wieliczko (1919/21-1998)

    D-Day  1937-47

    Album (facsimile)

    25 x 45 cm

    Private Collection

  • Janina Bogucka-Wolff (1908-1960s) Verso Gipsy n.d. Watercolour on paper 32.5 x 25.5 cm Loaned to Ben Uri from the Artist

    Janina Bogucka-Wolff (1908-1960s)

    Verso Gipsy  n.d.

    Watercolour on paper

    32.5 x 25.5 cm

    Loaned to Ben Uri from the Artist

  • Janina Bogucka-Wolff (1908-1960s) Portrait of a Woman verso Gipsy n.d. Watercolour on paper 32.5 x 25.5 cm POSK Art Collection, London

    Janina Bogucka-Wolff (1908-1960s)

    Portrait of a Woman verso Gipsy  n.d.

    Watercolour on paper

    32.5 x 25.5 cm

    POSK Art Collection, London

  • Andrzej Kuhn (1929-2014) Centaur Gallery Roundel n.d. Painted metal Diameter: 30 cm Private Collection

    Andrzej Kuhn (1929-2014)

    Centaur Gallery Roundel  n.d.

    Painted metal

    Diameter: 30 cm

    Private Collection

  • Karolina Borchardt (1905-1995) Madonna 1970 Oil on paper on board 76 x 56.5 cm POSK Art Collection To see and disocver more about this artist click here

    Karolina Borchardt (1905-1995)

    Madonna  1970

    Oil on paper on board

    76 x 56.5 cm

    POSK Art Collection

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  • Romek Marber (1925-2020) Cover for Georges Simenon's The Little Man from Archangel Penguin 1964 19.8 x 12.9 cm Ben Uri Archive To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Romek Marber (1925-2020)

    Cover for Georges Simenon's The Little Man from Archangel Penguin  1964

    19.8 x 12.9 cm

    Ben Uri Archive

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  • Marek Zulawski (1908-1985) The Angler II 1960 Oil on canvas 122 x 76 cm Private Collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Marek Zulawski (1908-1985)

    The Angler II  1960

    Oil on canvas

    122 x 76 cm

    Private Collection

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Tadeusz Znicz-Muszynski (1922-1988) Vertical Movement c.1950s Oil on canvas 118 x 98.5 cm POSK Art Collection

    Tadeusz Znicz-Muszynski (1922-1988)

    Vertical Movement  c.1950s

    Oil on canvas

    118 x 98.5 cm

    POSK Art Collection

  • Caziel né Kazimierz Józef Zielenkiewicz (1906-1988) Composition WC 768 c.1967 Oil on canvas 19.5 x 33 cm Whitford Fine Art

    Caziel né Kazimierz Józef Zielenkiewicz (1906-1988)

    Composition WC 768  c.1967

    Oil on canvas

    19.5 x 33 cm

    Whitford Fine Art

  • Franciszka Themerson (1907-1988) and Stefan Themerson (1910-1988) The Table that Ran Away to the Woods 1963-2012 24 x 16.6 cm Ben Uri Archive © Themerson Estate To see and discover more about these artists click here

    Franciszka Themerson (1907-1988) and Stefan Themerson (1910-1988)

    The Table that Ran Away to the Woods  1963-2012

    24 x 16.6 cm

    Ben Uri Archive

    © Themerson Estate

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  • Jan Pienkowski (1936-) Meg and Mog 1972 Book (illustrations by Jan Pienkowski) 60.5 x 60.5 cm Ben Uri Archive

    Jan Pienkowski (1936-)

    Meg and Mog  1972

    Book (illustrations by Jan Pienkowski)

    60.5 x 60.5 cm

    Ben Uri Archive

  • Andrzej Klimowski (1949-) Cover illustration for Milan Kundera's The Book of Laughter and Forgetting 1982 13 x 19.7 cm Published by Penguin To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Andrzej Klimowski (1949-)

    Cover illustration for Milan Kundera's The Book of Laughter and Forgetting  1982

    13 x 19.7 cm

    Published by Penguin

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Andrzej Maria Borkowski (1949-) Back Home 2011 Silkscreen 50 x 40 cm Artist's collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Andrzej Maria Borkowski (1949-)

    Back Home  2011

    Silkscreen

    50 x 40 cm

    Artist's collection

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Andrzej Maria Borkowski (1949-) Girl in a Crocodile Mask 2010 Screenprint 50 x 40 cm Artist's Collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Andrzej Maria Borkowski (1949-)

    Girl in a Crocodile Mask  2010

    Screenprint

    50 x 40 cm

    Artist's Collection

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  • Andrzej Krauze (1947-) September 11 (published in The Guardian) 29 September 2001 Indian ink and watercolour on paper 21 x 29.7 cm Artist's Collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Andrzej Krauze (1947-)

    September 11 (published in The Guardian)  29 September 2001

    Indian ink and watercolour on paper

    21 x 29.7 cm

    Artist's Collection

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  • Andrzej Krauze (1947-) Untitled (Published in The Guardian) 10 May 2003 Indian ink and watercolour on paper 21 x 29.7 cm Artist's Collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Andrzej Krauze (1947-)

    Untitled  (Published in The Guardian)  10 May 2003

    Indian ink and watercolour on paper

    21 x 29.7 cm

    Artist's Collection

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  • Malgorzata Lapsa-Malawska (1981-) Taste of Freedom 2017 Oil on linen board 20 x 20 cm Artist's Collection

    Malgorzata Lapsa-Malawska (1981-)

    Taste of Freedom  2017

    Oil on linen board

    20 x 20 cm

    Artist's Collection

  • Josef Piwowar (1904-1987) Horse with Three Legs 1970 Ceramic 30 x 40 cm POSK Art Collection

    Josef Piwowar (1904-1987)

    Horse with Three Legs  1970

    Ceramic

    30 x 40 cm

    POSK Art Collection

  • Malgorzata Lapsa-Malawska (1981-) Women’s Strength 2017 Oil on linen board 20 x 20 cm Artist's Collection

    Malgorzata Lapsa-Malawska (1981-)

    Women’s Strength  2017

    Oil on linen board

    20 x 20 cm

    Artist's Collection

  • Stanislaw Slawomir Blatton (1943-) Untitled 2016 Pen and ink on paper 10 x 6 cm Collection of Matthew Bateson To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Stanislaw Slawomir Blatton (1943-)

    Untitled  2016

    Pen and ink on paper

    10 x 6 cm

    Collection of Matthew Bateson

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  • Hanna Puskarz (1993-) PL-Land 2016 Artist’s book 26 x 42 cm Private Collection, Poland

    Hanna Puskarz (1993-)

    PL-Land  2016

    Artist’s book

    26 x 42 cm

    Private Collection, Poland

  • Joanna Ciechanowska (1950-) Boris Johnson 2013 Digital drawing 29.7 x 21 cm Artist's collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Joanna Ciechanowska (1950-)

    Boris Johnson  2013

    Digital drawing

    29.7 x 21 cm

    Artist's collection

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  • Maciej Jedrzejewski (1993-) Home Sweet Home 2016 Video installation Artist's Collection Running time: 8 minutes 33 seconds Courtesy of the artist To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Maciej Jedrzejewski (1993-)

    Home Sweet Home  2016

    Video installation

    Artist's Collection

    Running time: 8 minutes 33 seconds

    Courtesy of the artist

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Maja Ngom (1980-) All That They Hide from Themselves/Encrusted Island 2015-16 Silver gelatin print 61 x 50.8 cm Artist's Collection

    Maja Ngom (1980-)

    All That They Hide from Themselves/Encrusted Island  2015-16

    Silver gelatin print

    61 x  50.8 cm

    Artist's Collection

  • Maja Ngom (1980-) All That They Hide from Themselves/Encrusted Island 2015-16 Silver gelatin print 61 x 50.8 cm Artist's Collection

    Maja Ngom (1980-)

    All That They Hide from Themselves/Encrusted Island  2015-16

    Silver gelatin print

    61 x  50.8 cm

    Artist's Collection

  • Magda Blasinska (1983-) Stalin's Revenge 2017 Acrylic on linen 120 x 100 cm Artist's Collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Magda Blasinska (1983-)

    Stalin's Revenge  2017

    Acrylic on linen

    120 x 100 cm

    Artist's Collection

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  • Magda Blasinska (1983-) Ground I 2017 Cotton ticking 49 x 43 cm Artist's Collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Magda Blasinska (1983-)

    Ground I  2017

    Cotton ticking

    49 x 43 cm

    Artist's Collection

    To see and discover more about this artist click here

  • Magda Skupinska (1991-) Sundown 2017 Chilli and turmeric on canvas 25 x 25 cm Private Collection To see and discover more about this artist click here

    Magda Skupinska (1991-)

    Sundown  2017

    Chilli and turmeric on canvas

    25 x 25 cm

    Private Collection

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