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Zygmunt Lis: A Pedagogue and an Artist
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The article outlines the artistic and pedagogical profile of Professor Zygmunt Lis, a significant artist and painter associated with the artistic environment of Silesia. He graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He received his diploma in 1958 in the studio of Bogusław Górecki and Aleksander Rak. He took an active part in the development of the artistic community. For example, he was an expert at the Ministry of Art and Culture in the field of contemporary painting. From 1973 to 1981, he worked in the ministerial didactic team on art education programmes. From 1956 to 1971, he managed a team of non-professional artists of the Janowska Group at the ‘Wieczorek’ coal mine in the Nikiszowiec district of Katowice. He belonged to the artistic group known as ‘ARKAT’ (Artists from Katowice) in Silesia. His paintings and drawings have unique artistic forms and content. He made a series of works entitled Pejzaż śląski [Silesian Landscape], Polski pejzaż historyczny [Polish Historical Landscape], Rekonstrukcje obiektów militarnych na Wyżynie Krakowsko-Częstochowskiej [Reconstructions of Military Facilities on the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland] and Geografia ruin [Geography of Ruins]. From 1973, he was associated with the branch of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn, where he participated in the organization of art education studies. He developed an innovative, and the only one in Poland, programme of academic art education based on the assumptions of pedagogy of expression. The most important thing in a student’s activity was the creative process and the experience they gained from it. The professor was very sensitive, modest, open to new experiences and kind towards students. He was a role model and an authority worth following, as well as a passionate teacher and artist.
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artist, pedagogue, painting, art education, education, Zygmunt LisDetails
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