Jan Kasprowicz. Into the Fires. Biographical Impressions
TRANSLATED EXHIBIT LABELS
Wall No. 1, Introduction
From left to right:
1.
Portrait of Jan Kasprowicz
Tadeusz Brzozowski
1973, pen and ink on paper
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The death mask of Jan Kasprowicz (1860–1926)
Stanisław Gąsienica Sobczak „Johym”
1 August 1926, plaster cast
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- [Background sound]
Summer in Harenda
Maciej Wirmański
2026
musical composition
Wall No. 2, The Granite Grave
Since one must die but once,
And dreaming is granted to all,
I too have a request concerning
the Final Hermitage.
(The Book of the Poor / XIV, 1916)
From left to right:
1.
The Mausoleum in Harenda
Photo: Henryk Poddębski
1936
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2.
The ceremonial transfer of Jan Kasprowicz’s remains to the mausoleum in Harenda
1 August 1933
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The Mausoleum of Jan Kasprowicz. View from the Jarocki Veranda
Władysław Jarocki
1931, oil on canvas
Muzeum Jana Kasprowicza na Harendzie
Display case
From left to right:
Programme for Jan Kasprowicz’s funeral
2 August 2026, copy
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2.
Letter from Maria Kasprowiczowa to the PTT (Polish Tatra Society)
9 August 1926, copy
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Design for Jan Kasprowicz’s burial chapel in Harenda
Karol Stryjeński
1926, photograph of a drawing
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4.
Jan Kasprowicz’s temporary grave at the Old Cemetery in Zakopane
Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
5.
The funeral of Jan Kasprowicz. The coffin being carried out of the Villa „Herenda”
Photo: Henryk Schabenbeck
4 August 2026
Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Wall No. 3, Tatras
The granites became light
(A wild rose bush in Ciemne Smreczyny, 1898)
From left to right:
1.
Red Mountains
Andrzej Wróblewski
1957, gouache and watercolour on paper
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2.
View of Giewont
Wojciech Weiss
- 1899, oil on paper
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3.
The summit of the peak in the setting sun
Wojciech Weiss
oil on paper
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4.
A piece of decaying wood showing signs of insect feeding
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5.
The Tatra Mountains and Podhale in the works of Jan Kasprowicz
Konrad Górski
1926
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Wall No. 4, To the top?
That I went out among the people…
(I Have No Regrets, 1894)
Koziołek Matołek (Paweł Althamer), Gdańsk, July 2014
accompanied and photographed by Michôł Szlaga
photo wallpaper
property of the photographer
Lviv – Jan Kazimierz University
Stanisław Tondos, published by Henryk Franck
postcard (copy), watercolour
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3.
Jan Kasprowicz as Rector of the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv
Photo: Marek Münz
3 May 1922
Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie, Polona.pl
Jan Kasprowicz, accompanied by Grzegorz Fitelberg and Prince Władysław Lubomirski and his family
Muzeum Jana Kasprowicza na Harendzie
Jerzy Żuławski and Jan Kasprowicz
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6.
Portrait of Jan Kasprowicz
Władysław Trebunia-Tutka
1984, oil on canvas
owned by the Marduła family
7.
Ivan Franko
Photo: Michał Nikopoli „Stella”
1896
Ivan Franko Museum in Lviv
Kasprowicz with Lenin
Stanisław „Ibis” Gratkowski
drawing on paper
Muzeum Jana Kasprowicza na Harendzie
A caricature of Jan Kasprowicz
Kazimierz Sichulski
1914, watercolour on paper
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Display case
From left to right:
1.
From a Cottage to Parnassus
Szczepan K. Zimmer
1968, London
private collection
2.
Art and Film
25 March 1939, illustrated magazine
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A caricature of Jan Kasprowicz
Kazimierz Sichulski
drawing on paper
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4.
The matter of the loan at the Joint‑Stock Union Bank
24 October 1924, copy
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5.
A manuscript by Wojciech Brzega, in which he laments Kasprowicz’s alcoholism. „I have often wondered what havoc alcoholism wreaks on poets” – he recalled in an earlier passage.
1939–1940, copy
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6.
Divorce decree of Jan Kasprowicz and Jadwiga née Gąsowska
10 March 1905, copy
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Wall No. 5, Despair and rebellion
… consume worlds in their flames, reducing them to ashes!
(Holy God, Holy Mighty!, 1902)
From left to right:
1.
Dagny
dir. Haakon Sandøy
1977
excerpt (2 minutes 5 seconds)
©WFDiF
2.
Jan Kasprowicz
Zbigniew Borejsza
1970s, papier-mâché sculpture on a wooden frame
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The Fall of an Angel
Władysław Hasior
assemblage
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4.
The First Kiss of the Betrayed Husband
Witkacy
1931, drawing on paper
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5.
Fiery Birds
Władysław Hasior
1975, sculptures, photography
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Wall No. 6, Harenda
Burn, you seething flowers!
(Nasturtiums, 1926)
In our mountain home
(St George. Glass painting, 1926)
From left to right:
- [photo in the window]
Marusia at the mausoleum in Harenda
photo: Jan Kucharski
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2.
Nasturtiums
Karol Kłosowski
pastel on cardboard
private collection
3.
Portrait of Maria Kasprowiczowa
Witkacy
1926, pastel on paper
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4.
untitled
Marek Raczkowski
2012, drawing on paper
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5.
Portrait of Jan Kasprowicz
Witkacy
1926, pastel on paper
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6.
Jan and Marusia’s Tea Room in Harenda
2026
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I ceased my quarrels with God – Heartfelt were those quarrels
(The Book of the Poor / XI, 1916)
Saint George
artist unknown
19th century, painting on glass
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The Veil of Saint Veronica
artist unknown
19th century, painting on glass
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The Last Supper
artist unknown
19th century, painting on glass
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Wall No. 7, Kornel and Kasper
[exhibition upstairs]
For this sleeping giant, that peasant of genius who „covered himself with the earth as with a sheepskin”, is threefold great: in the history of Polish poetry, and as that warrior who sought with his own heart to stone the world’s despair and misery; yet to us he is a dear companion and friend, a comrade and the dearest of brothers.
(Kornel Makuszyński, Onorate ľaltissimo poeta!, 1933)
Display case
From left to right:
A postcard from Jan Kasprowicz, his family and friends to Emilia Makuszyńska
31 July 1910, Poronin, copy
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Kasprowicz’s early, formal dedication to „Mr. Kornel Makuszyński”
Jan Kasprowicz, Herodias’ Feast, Lviv 1905
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3.
Kasprowicz’s dedication to Emilia Makuszyńska (?), with a humorous note by Makuszyński (?), 17 December 1910
Jan Kasprowicz, Love, Lviv 1911 [1910]
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4.
Kasprowicz’s late, personal dedication: „To my dear Kornel, so that he may think of Harenda”
Jan Kasprowicz, My World, Warsaw 1926
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Makuszyński on the late Jan Kasprowicz
Notes for a radio broadcast, copy
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