Barbara Hulanicka

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Barbara Hulanicka (born June 23, 1924 as Barbara Sierakowska in Warsaw ; † July 23, 2012 in Barczewo ) was a Polish interior designer , textile artist and museum director.

Life

Youth and education

Barbara Sierakowska grew up in Warsaw. After the invasion of Poland , she joined the Polish Home Army and took part in the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944 . After the end of the war , she studied interior design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw until 1954, with a focus on image knitting and textile art . She married Andrzej Hulanicki in 1952, they both moved from Warsaw in September 1954 and lived in Mikołajki until 1959 .

Barbara Hulanicka completed a postgraduate degree in museology in 1974 .

Act

In Mikołajki she headed the Cepelia from 1954 to 1959 and was responsible for the reconstruction of the folk cut pile carpets and tapestries from the region. Since 1954 she has been a member of the Association of Polish Visual Artists ZPAP , department in Olsztyn . In the years 1960–1969 she directed the museum in the Rößel Castle in the Warmia town of Reszel and was also the director of the local gallery of contemporary art (Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej). In 1965 she was elected city councilor in Reszel for four years and in 1969 as an alderman of the district administration in Biskupiec . In 1969 she founded the Association of People's Artists (Stowarzyszenie Twórców Ludowych, STL) in Olsztyn.

In 1970 she was employed as the museum director of the Nicolaus Copernicus Museum (Muzeum Mikołaja Kopernika) in Frombork and organized the anniversary celebration for the 500th birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). On their initiative, the museum was relocated to the Gothic - Baroque bishop's palace in Frombork.

In 1980 the couple moved to Barczewo. There she founded the Regional Weaving Center of Warmia and Mazury (Centrum Tkactwa Warmii i Mazur) in the Old Synagogue , and as an art teacher she ran weaving courses and organized exhibitions until 1996.

Her works of art are in Warsaw's Galeria Zachęta and adorn the walls of the Vatican, Moscow Kremlin and the White House, among others .

According to her wishes, the funeral took place on July 26th, 2012 in Piaseczno .

Works of art (selection)

  • The cats in Mikołajki. (Mikołajskie koty)
  • Reszel.
  • The witch from Reszel . (Czarownica z Reszla)
  • Swan Lake. (Jezioro łabędzie)
  • Bishop Krasicki's travels in Warmia. (Podróże biskupa Krasickiego po Warmii)
  • World religions. Ecumenical series. (Religie świata): Orthodox Faith (Prawosławie), Holy Trinity (Trójca Święta), Polish Cross (Krzyż Polski), Shalom (Szalom), Hinduism (Hinduizm), Islam, Calvin (Kalwin), Ecumenism (Ekumenizm)
  • 1971: Frombork.
  • Barczewo.
  • 2010: sapling of life. (Drzewko życia)

Awards / honors (selection)

Exhibitions (selection)

  • USSR : Kaliningrad (1964)
  • Germany: Hanover (1989), Nettetal and Bonn (1991), Travemünde (1992 and 1997), Langenhagen (1993), Bad Driburg (1995), Osnabrück (2002 and 2003)
  • France: Lille (1974), Angers (1988 and 1994), Amboise (1989)
  • USA: San Francisco, Carmel-by-the-Sea and Los Angeles (1975), Corpus Christi, Houston, Kingsville and San Antonio (1976)
  • Europe: Hungary: Eger (1989), Italy: Rome (1991), Switzerland: Geneva (2001), Belgium: Brussels (2011)

literature

  • Aleksander Błachowski: Warmia i Mazury w tkaninie Barbary Hulanickiej . Wydawnictwo Pojezierze, Olsztyn 1967.
  • Helena Piotrowska: Hulajnitka. Barbara Hulanicka. Życie i twórcze dzieło . Okręg Olsztyński Związku Polskich Artystów Plastyków, Olsztyn 2010, ISBN 978-83-927674-3-5 .
  • Barbara Hulanicka. Jubileusz czterdziestopięciolecia pracy twórczej . Muzeum Warmii i Mazur, Olsztyn 1999.
  • Elżbieta Topolnicka-Niemcewicz: The Frauenburger episode in the life and work of Barbara and Andrzej Hulanicki . (Fromborski epizod w życiu i twórczości Barbary i Andrzeja Hulanickich). In: Folia Fromborcensia . Volume 2 (1999), Toruń 1999, pp. 99-124.
  • Katarzyna Bieliniak: Barbara Hulanicka. Religion świata . Pracownia Wydawnicza ElSet, Olsztyn 2011, ISBN 978-8362863037 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hulanicka, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sierakowska, Barbara (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish interior designer, textile artist and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 2012
Place of death Barczewo