Paryż Kossaków. Śladami wspomnień rodzinnych

Abstract

The article discusses the ties of the Kossak family with the nineteenthand twentieth-century Paris, tracing the facts in the existing artistic works and memoirs. The author concentrates on the artistic connections, especially concerning Juliusz, the progenitor of the Kossak family, with the Parisian artists and Polish modernist bohemia. The author shows the strong connections between Wojciech Kossak, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Magdalena Samozwaniec and Paris, and she proves that the city was the source of creative inspiration.