Joseph of Orange correspondence from Fr. Kuliszak , parish priest of Buk, dated 8.IV.1934 regarding the painting "Resurrection of the Petrovian" [information from church records about the order, author of the painting and the price for the painting and the gilded frame], correspondence [typescript], priest's autograph, f. 21x34cm
very good condition, trace of letter folding, enclosed original envelope with letterhead of parish in Buk Wielkopolski, envelope with cut out part where stamps were, traces of opening
Józefa née Sandurska Oranska (1896-1955) - Polish art historian, custodian of the museum department and graphics department of the Kórnik Library 1932-1955, custodian of the Cabinet of Engravings of the Wielkopolska Museum, lecturer in graphics at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań In 1928 she selflessly offered to put in order the collection of the Kórnik Library. In 1932, she also became curator of the Kórnik Foundation museum. In 1934 she conducted an inventory of the monuments of the city of Poznan and the Środa district, at the same time organizing and inventorying the Kórnik collection, mainly the graphics department. She cooperated in securing the Kórnik collection from war damage, during the war she secretly checked its condition. She worked in the graphics departments of libraries: National, Krasinski, University libraries. During the Warsaw Uprising (in early August 1944) she was deported to the Ravensbruck concentration camp, survived there for ten months, working in agriculture in Mecklenburg. In May 1945 she returned to Poznan, taking up her duties as curator of the Cabinet of Engravings of the Wielkopolska Museum. She devoted much energy to finding works looted and scattered during the occupation. Most of the works, thanks to her efforts, returned to their parent institutions. In 1952, she conducted an inventory of monuments of the Konin district (together with Dr. Erkhardtna). She organized and inventoried the collection of prints of the National Museum in Poznan. She also developed a wide-ranging exhibition campaign, organizing 12 exhibitions of Polish and foreign graphics, of which the exhibition "Graphic Art and Its Social Role" stood out in particular, with an accompanying carefully prepared catalog, which for a long time was the basic study in Polish of graphic techniques and the history of European graphics. The grave of Józefa Orańska is located in the Corpus Christi cemetery, on Ivy Street in Poznań. Description based on source: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józefa_Orańska]
