Objects

During his activity in the Jung Idysz group (1919–1920), Marek Szwarc created mainly graphic works and drawings. We know them, among others, from the pages of the "Jung Idysz" almanac; two of them – The Crucifixion (MPOLIN-M33) and The Female Nude (MPOLIN-M35) – are in the collections of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. In graphic arts, Szwarc then most often used the technique of negative linocut, introducing a strong deformation of shapes, so characteristic of expressionism. In 1920, the artist began a period of close cooperation with the Poznań expressionist group Bunt (1917–1925), then he lived with his wife in Puszczykowo near Poznań. At that time, he created a series of graphic landscapes referring to the poetic-dreamlike works of Marc Chagall, and nudes, studies of women and works on religious topics. Two matrices with landscape representations (see MPOLIN - M797) from the POLIN Museum collection probably come from this period. Modest and seemingly plain, they are a unique material, testimony to the skilled artisanal aspect of the artist's work.

Renata Piątkowska