Światy fantastyczne Julii i Kazimierza Stabrowskich. Ezoteryczne tropy w sztuce młodopolskiej

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Julia (1869–1941) and Kazimierz (1869–1929) Stabrowski were an artistic couple, who enjoyed great fame in the early 20th century. Kazimierz’s work is quite well-known and preserved today (although many of his paintings are lost), of which great credit is due to Julia, who took care of her husband’s legacy. On the other hand, her works are known only from a few photos and descriptions from the era. It used to be said of Julia that she gave up her ambitions and hid in the shadow of her husband, contributing to his fame. Even if this was the case, it could be assumed that her personality, as well as her work, the known and the unknown, became not only a background but also a significant point of reference for Kazimierz’s paintings. What distinguished their approach to art was the consistent construction of fantastic worlds, rooted in the Romantic imagination and treated not only as a fairy tale narrative but as a story about the essence of reality and themselves.