During the summer open days at the Bolesławiec Cultural Center–International Ceramic Center, young people from Magdalena Konieczna’s studio painted on glass, fused different types of glass together at high temperatures (fusing), and made jewelry from clay. An unusual work was also created during the classes: a large painting inspired by the work of Gustav Klimt. The picture was painted on the studio tables—hence its title.
Under the guidance of instructor Magdalena Konieczna, the “Table Gallery” was created by: Marta Kozłowska, Marta Kiełczyńska, Dorota Chojnicka, Martyna Chojnicka, Kasia Chojnicka, Sylwia Troszczak, Honorata Troszczak.
Gustav Klimt was born in 1862 in Baumgarten, a poor district on the outskirts of Vienna. He was one of Austria’s most important painters and representatives of the Vienna Secession. 2012 was the anniversary year of Gustav Klimt.
Klimt shocked and delighted people with his paintings. One anecdote concerns the scandal caused by his works depicting allegories of the faculties of the University of Vienna. One of the early sketches for the painting “Philosophy,” part of the cycle, showed a deeply pensive young man surrounded in the lower part of the painting by embracing couples. The university rector stated that the young man in the painting was not so much thinking about philosophy as about where children come from.
More anecdotes about the painter can be found on the tourism in Austria
website.(information: M. Konieczna)