The Studio Storerooms brim with portraits. The collection includes busts of Marshal Józef Piłsudski and portraits of many a great Warsaw's intellectual: Stefan Jaracz, Ryszard Danek, Irena Lorentz, among other figures. Also less refined figures often proved to be models worth portraying – artists' everyday companions, such as Franka – August Zamoyski's house maid, immortalised by the sculptor in a full-figure nude statue. Besides real people, there is also the fictitious character of Janosik by Antoni Kenar. Friday's tour of the Storerooms offers a chance to observe how the kind of relation with models influences the way artists chooses to portray them. We will also investigate the changes that the sculptors' approach to models underwent throughout history.
Tour guided by Anna Miczko, education specialist at the Museum of Sculpture
Admission with a reduced museum ticket (4 zł)
14 May – 25 October 2026 The Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Królikarnia
Discover art in the Sculpture Park at Królikarnia through a performative tour. Reserve your place for a unique experience!
Discover art in the Sculpture Park at Królikarnia through a performative tour. Reserve your place for a unique experience!
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