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Henryk Sienkiewicz: Drawings and Sketches in Pen and Pencil

Ossoliński National Institute

henryk adam aleksander pius sienkiewicz (1846 – 1916)

Discover Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel laureate & master of Polish historical fiction! Explore 'Quo Vadis' & the Trilogy – epic tales of 17th-century Poland & ancient Rome.

Ossoliński National Institute (Wroclaw, Poland)

Explore Poland's cultural heritage at the Ossoliński National Institute – home to Mickiewicz’s ‘Pan Tadeusz,’ Lubomirski art collections, and Slavic studies research. Discover a legacy forged in resilience!

Henryk Sienkiewicz is a widely acclaimed Polish writer of the late 19th century and early 20th century. He is one of the five Polish Nobel Prize winners in literature. Not many people know, however, that Sienkiewicz was also artistically talented. He often decorated his letters to his closest family and friends with small sketches. The Ossolineum has held a modest collection (several dozen) of writer’s small drawings and sketches since 2018. The collection is all the more valuable, as in recent years researchers have become increasingly interested in this area of the writer’s activity. The dominant motif in Sienkiewicz