{"id":5093,"date":"2025-03-03T17:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/?post_type=object&p=5093"},"modified":"2025-03-03T17:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:57:04","slug":"facade-decoration-of-the-tenement-at-11-dluga-st","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/facade-decoration-of-the-tenement-at-11-dluga-st\/","title":{"rendered":"Fa\u00e7ade decoration of the tenement at 11 D\u0142uga St."},"content":{"rendered":"

Object:<\/strong> A tenement building for which two designs were created, with the first one not meeting the artist\u2019s approval. After the plaster dried, the painter concluded that the intended effect had not been achieved, and the fa\u00e7ade\u2019s colours were too garish. Owing to the cost of redoing the work, the Technical Council, which was responsible for approving the completed fa\u00e7ades, tied any changes to the decoration to the opinion of the Minister of Construction. The Minister, Aleksander Wolski, refused permission despite the artist\u2019s personal appeal. Determined to ensure the building received a fitting decoration, Wnukowa damaged her own sgraffito with a sharpened hoe. Confronted with the fait accompli, the Technical Council accepted her new designs. The \u2018St. Christopher House\u2019 \u2013 its name deriving from a sculpture from a now-lost stoop \u2013 is adorned with sgraffito depicting a grape harvest. Up to the height of the first floor, it imitates pilasters and bossage. The panel above the entrance depicts Bacchus with a goblet amidst grapevines populated by birds. Birds eating the fruit are also depicted above two ground-floor windows. The frieze above the first floor features satyrs, birds, a goat, and Flora.<\/p>\n

Location: <\/strong>The painted decoration was created as part of an effort by artists \u2013 primarily lecturers and students of the State School of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk (PWSSP) \u2013 to contribute to the reconstruction of G\u0142\u00f3wne Miasto, which had been heavily damaged in 1945. D\u0142uga Street and D\u0142ugi Targ were among the first areas to be rebuilt. The most valuable tenements were faithfully reconstructed, while others were given stylistic adaptations inspired, more or less, by their pre-1945 appearance. These restored fa\u00e7ades were intended to serve as a backdrop for the reconstructed historical monuments.<\/p>\n

Information about the author:<\/strong> J\u00f3zefa Wnukowa (b. 1911 in Warsaw, d. in Sopot in 2000) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and afterwards lived in Paris and Lviv. During World War II, she was active in the resistance and participated in the Warsaw Uprising. She moved to Sopot in 1945, becoming a key figure in the emerging artistic community on the Baltic Coast. A long-time lecturer at PWSSP, she contributed to the reconstruction of Gda\u0144sk\u2019s G\u0142\u00f3wne Miasto tenements (1952\u20131955) and decorated the interiors of the G\u0142\u00f3wne Miasto Town Hall in 1970. In addition to architectural painting, she worked in easel painting, textile art, and designed opera set designs and costumes.<\/p>\n

Condition of the object: <\/strong>partially damaged<\/p>\n

Owner\/guardian: <\/strong>private object<\/p>\n

Author of the entry:<\/strong> Klaudiusz Grabowski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The painted decoration was created as part of an effort by artists \u2013 primarily lecturers and students of the State School of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk (PWSSP) \u2013 to contribute to the reconstruction of G\u0142\u00f3wne Miasto, which had been heavily damaged in 1945. D\u0142uga Street and D\u0142ugi Targ were among the first areas to be rebuilt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":287,"template":"","object_cats":[],"districts":[156],"object_authors":[157],"class_list":["post-5093","object","type-object","status-publish","hentry","obj_district-down-town","object_author-klaudiusz-grabowski-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects\/5093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/object"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"object_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_cats?post=5093"},{"taxonomy":"obj_district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=5093"},{"taxonomy":"object_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_authors?post=5093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}