Galeria Rzeźby Polskiej: Permanent Exhibition of Polish Sculpture at Royal Łazienki Museum

The Gallery of Polish Sculpture, located in the Old Orangery, houses 114 works from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century. It represents the largest permanent exhibition of its kind in Poland, featuring masterpieces by prominent Polish artists alongside select international sculptures.

The newly arranged Gallery of Polish Sculpture, situated in the western wing of the Old Orangery, spans four ground-floor rooms and nine on the first floor. This extensive permanent exhibition showcases 114 works dating from the early 19th century to the first half of the 20th century. It features sculptures by nearly all the most significant Polish artists of the period, complemented by pieces from German, Italian, French, and Russian artists. The collection represents dominant artistic trends of the era, including classicism, impressionism, Art Nouveau, symbolism, and new classicism, with some works also referencing Fauvism. The exhibition begins with "Attacking Warrior - Aeginetan," a plaster cast of a sculpture from ancient Greece, and includes copies of classical masterpieces like the bust of Apollo Belvedere and Diana of Versailles. A significant portion of the gallery is dedicated to portraits of historical figures, rulers, writers, painters, actors, clergy, and social activists, featuring works by prominent Polish classicists such as Jakub Tatarkiewicz and Paweł Maliński. The gallery also presents diverse thematic sections, including Egyptian heads, sculptures depicting children and motherhood, religious themes, and numerous representations of women, both as full figures and portraits, by artists like Henryk Kuna, Jan Szczepkowski, and Edward Wittig.