Poland - 19th/20th Century - Archives of Eugeniusz Wesołowski (1874–1950) (Polish Architect, Journalist, Collector, Galicia, Zakopane)

Architect Eugeniusz Wesołowski had close ties to Galicia; it was there that he carried out most of his professional projects. Most of them were in Zakopane, where he lived for nearly half a century. He also lived and worked in Lviv, Okocim, Tarnów, and Trzebuska (the Zamojski estate). He was a prominent representative of the Zakopane architectural style and a passionate advocate and promoter of Stanisław Witkiewicz. He published several articles on the Zakopane style, which were to be compiled into a book.
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The collection consists of 28 items. It consists mainly of correspondence from Wesołowski’s personal archive, dating from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries (the exception here is an invitation from the Lviv Citrist Club from 1900). Most of the items are postcards. Sixteen postcards date from 1893–1903. There are three letters (from 1897–1901) and nine empty envelopes (from 1895–1901). Among them, an envelope addressed to the Sokół Gymnastics Society in Zakopane (1909) stands out, as does an envelope bearing a coat of arms embossed in red lacquer (a variation of the Sulima coat of arms?). Generally, the correspondence pertains to the “pre-Zakopane” period in Wesołowski’s life, when he resided in Kraków, Lviv, Okocim, Tarnów, and Trzebuska. It mainly concerns private matters and minor professional issues.
Due to its content, the collection is of interest to postcard collectors and researchers of the history of Polish architecture.