Losy wileńskiej szkoły sztuk pięknych podczas drugiej wojny światowej: znane i zapomniane karty historii

• Lenkų kalba / Polish
• Anglų kalba / English

ENThe Wilno Art School enters into the period of the Second World War as the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Stefan Batory University (henceforth WSP USB from Polish "Wydział Sztuk Pięknych Uniwersytetu Stefana Batorego"), which begins its last academic year in Wilno - in the independent Polish state, the Second Republic. The Faculty, organised by Ferdynand Ruszczyć and active from 12 October 1919, had its premises in the buildings of the former Bernardine monastery at 4 St. Anne's street (ul. św. Anny). The painting studios were located there, as well as the Departments of the History of Art, Architecture and Print, and the Library. Departments of Sculpture, the Applied Arts, workshops of Artistic Photography and Printing were situated in a building at 11 Castle St. (ul. Zamkowa). According to the list of posts for autumn 1939, staff of the WSP USB consisted of the Dean, Ludomir Sleńdziński, the Deputy Dean Marian Morelowski, painters and print-makers Jerzy Hoppen, Bronisław Jamontt, Tymon Niesiołowski, Aleksander Szturman and Michał Rouba, and sculptors Henryk Kuna and Stanisław Horno-Popławski. The Architecture Section no longer existed by this time, although its former head, the art historian Juliusz Kłos, continued working in the Faculty, teaching the conservation of monuments to artists. The photographer-artist Jan Bułhak was also active in the Faculty. [Extract, p. 203]