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Cyprian Norwid’s Unknown Letter to Charles Blanc (1813–1882)

Summary/Abstract: The author of the paper gives an account of an unknown to this day Cyprian Norwid’s letter preserved in Archives nationales (National Archives), Paris, where it was catalogued as “Projet de réformes des arts” (“A Project of Fine Arts Reform”). The letter, dated September 1871, was addressed to Charles Blanc (1813–1882), the director of Les Beaux-Arts in the French Ministère de l’Instruction publique, des cultes et des beaux-arts (Ministry of Public Instruction, Cults, and Fine Arts). The author sees the origin of the correspondence in the then press sources on Blanc’s activities linked to his position. In his letter, Norwid raises, inter alia, the issue of material condition of his fellow artists, and pays attention to the necessity of appreciating the sketch which he viewed as an autonomous, full-value work.

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