Meeting with art: A card from Stanisław Wyspiański's “Herbarium” | WORLD LIKE A HERBALIST

TypeVisual Arts

LocationExhibition Hall

Hour

d. 12

Datum 5.12.2026

Price

30 zł normal, 25 zł reduced

MEETING WITH ART

conducted by: Agata Miatkowska-Gołdyn

Stanisław Wyspiański (1868-1907) — painter, playwright, but also cartoonist.

In the exhibition, many works attract with colors, the green seems to go beyond the frame

paintings. Meanwhile, the cards from Wyspiański herbarium are a focus on detail,

concretions. At first they attract nothing but the magic of the familiar

surnames. In the meantime, it is really worth staying with them for longer.

Sketched plants are species with a specific structure, only peculiar to themselves.

Wyspiański explored them in order to later enrich the works he created with

The rich natural world. Wyspiański's decorativeness is not just a matter

fantasy, but also a thorough knowledge of morphology. Let's talk about it at

work “Card from the Herbarium: White Urticaria, Miss” from 1896.

Age: 16+

about the exhibition

Artwork promoting an encounter with art as part of the exhibition “The World as a Herbarium. Nature in Art from the 17th to the 21st Century”. On a warm brown background, there is a botanical illustration of yellow flowers, green leaves and the subsequent stages of development of a butterfly: a caterpillar, a pupa and two butterflies. In the upper left corner is the title of the exhibition, and in the lower left corner is the inscription “meeting with art”. The composition refers to ancient herbaria and nature atlases.