Archives of the Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź

The exhibition “From Baroque to Abstraction” presents an artistic journey inspired by the methods of Professor Roman Modzelewski, who guided students through the successive stages of the development of European art. Here we discover the influence of the Baroque contrast of light and shadow, Cubist dynamics of movement and the exploration of color in Impressionism and Fauvism. The exhibition shows how the various styles intermingled, leading to the ultimate initiation – abstraction, which is the finale of artistic education. It is a unique story about the evolution of art and its profound influence on contemporary painting.