"He Loved Poland." Letters from S. Szukalski to Marian Konarski. 2020.

[SZUKALSKI, Stanisław]. "He Loved Poland." Letters from Stanisław Szukalski to Marian Konarski from 1950–1987. Edited, with an introduction and footnotes by Tadeusz Zych. Tarnobrzeg 2020. Historical Museum of the City of Tarnobrzeg. 8, p. 845. Original cardboard binding.
Slight crease in the upper corner of the front cover; otherwise, in very good condition. “Without a doubt, one of the most outstanding and most devoted followers of the Master—as they called Szukalski—was Marian Konarski (1909–1998). Connected his entire life to Krzeszowice near Kraków, he was not only a painter, a draftsman, but also a sculptor, journalist, and poet who, despite many doubts about the validity of the artistic views espoused by Szukalski and the injustices he suffered at Szukalski’s hands, was the only member of the “Szczep” to correspond with him consistently —in the period following World War II—from May 4, 1950, to February 1987, that is, a few months before the death of the legendary Stach from Warta, who replied to him just as consistently. The result was a vast and fascinating collection of correspondence, which—carefully preserved after Marian Konarski’s death by his son Jacek, also a painter—was made available to Tadeusz Zych, forming the basis for the book under review... In this way, Tadeusz Zych’s latest book successfully complements our knowledge of Stanisław Szukalski and his views” (from a review by Prof. Lechosław Lameński).