Matematyka i karykatura. Pasje Leona Jeśmanowicza 1914–1989
Mathematics and Caricature. Passions of Leon Jeśmanowicz

Summary/Abstract: Manuscript titled Mathematics and caricature. Passions of Leon Jeśmanowicz describes an interesting figure of great scholar and caricaturist. The manuscript was inspired by collection of theatrical caricatures authored by Jeśmanowicz, which is located in the theatre documentation of The Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IA PAN). Collection presents artists of Vilnus theatres, operating under the leadership of Leopold Pobóg-Kielanowski during World War II. Pictures of artists, which are iconographic recordings of performances from those times, were also printed by IA PAN in publication about theatre in Vilnus. The author of portraits, mathematician by profession, but also a theatre enthusiast, had lived in Vilnius until the end of the war, then, since 1946 he has settled permanently in Toruń. He became a great mathematics teacher with professor’s title. His second passion, which he shared with mathematics from youth, was caricature. He was drawing constantly, not only people of theatre, but also family and friends, fellow mathematicians, associates, officials and randomly met figures. Many documents, which comprise whole life of Jeśmanowicz and are kept in the Archives of Nicolaus Copernicus University, show that Vilnius portraits are only a small part of the Jeśmanowicz creation. Those documents show a huge number of his theatre and other caricatures from 1930s, World War II and period after war. Other archival reminders and publication titled Leon Jeśmanowicz (1914-1989) we wspomnieniach współpracowników i przyjaciół [Leon Jeśmanowicz (1914-1989) in memories of associates and friends] complete the image of scholar-artist, who was called Renaissance Man in a community.

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