A Painter Emerges: The Quest for Czapski presented by Eric Karpeles
Józef Czapski (1896-1993) witnessed the tumult of twentieth century Europe firsthand, as a military officer, an art and literary critic, a disciplined chronicler of his own experiences, and above all, as a painter skilled at isolating the subtle significance of the everyday. Art and life were never differentiated for Czapski. Two inseparable realities—the life lived and the life examined served to shape his understanding of what it was to be in the world, a world in upheaval, a world of personal loyalties and political betrayals.... Read more about Weintraub Lecture: A Painter Emerges: The Quest for Czapski
Co-sponsored by Harvard’s Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies and the Harvard Film Archive, and made possible by Harvard’s Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities.
Co-sponsored by Harvard’s Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies and the Harvard Film Archive, and made possible by Harvard’s Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities.
Co-sponsored by Harvard’s Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies and the Harvard Film Archive, and made possible by Harvard’s Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities.