The Ancient Art of SGRAFFITO in Contemporary Churches
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Kevin Di Camillo
After World War II, a Polish artist named professor Józef Sławiński, who had lived under both the Nazi and Soviet regimes, successfully emigrated to the United States. He had many strikes against him. He was poor, spoke little English, had few contacts(and fewer prospects), and specialized in an art form that almost no one knew anything about, let alone appreciated: sgraffito. But he also had an implacable and unshakeable Catholic faith that pervaded almost all his artwork.
Ever ancient, ever new
Sławiński artwork
New-york
United-states
Germany
Athol-springs
Butler-library
Rome
Lazio
Italy
Czech-republic
Frombork
Warminsko-mazurskie
Poland