Schoen’s Palace Museum in Sosnowiec invites you for a conference and an exhibition dedicated to the conservation of the designs for stained glass windows of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary cathedral in Sosnowiec, created by Jan Bukowski in 1936. Sosnowiec at the turn of the 19th and 20th c. as well as in the interwar period was prosperous economically, socially and culturally, maintaining strong bonds with most important cities of the former Polish Republic. The cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Sosnowiec became a long-time workplace for Krakow artists Włodzimierz Tetmajer and Henryk Uziębło, who worked on decorating the church – starting with its polychromy, and ending with the 43 stained glass windows, gradually filling the interior of the church between 1935 and 1939. All of the stained glass windows were designed by Jan Bukowski and produced by the company Krakowski Zakład Witrażów S. G. Żeleński.

The exhibition entitled “Recovered Heritage”, as well as accompanying conference, is the result of a prestigious grant awarded in 2022 by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, dedicated to complex and expensive conservation of three designs for stained glass windows of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary cathedral in Sosnowiec, by a renowned Cracow artist of the late 19th century and interwar period, Jan Bukowski. Three survived unique designs by this artist, of the huge set of stained glasses in the cathedral in Sosnowiec, were fortunately purchased by the museum at the art market. They were in a very poor condition due to years of ill-preservation.

“Virgin Mary”, “Our Lady of Rosary with Infant Christ”, and “Stigmatisation of St Francis” have now regained their original beauty and will be presented to a broader audience at the exhibition accompanied by scientific conference on November 24, 2023.

Programme of the conference is available here: https://www.muzeum.org.pl/sesja-naukowa-dziedzictwo-odzyskane-witraze-katedralne-sosnowca-i-ich-polityczne-paradygmaty/

The exhibition is available from November 24, listopada 2023 to December 10, 2023; more information: https://www.muzeum.org.pl/24-11-10-12-2023-dziedzictwo-odzyskane-wystawa-czasowa/

HERITO is the media patron of the project.

Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund.