In Lausanne, tales and legends from Poland are told in paintings

Spleen and Madness of Polish Painting between 1840 and 1914. This could be the title of this exhibition, the fruit of an original partnership between the dynamic Fondation de l'Hermitage in Lausanne and the Warsaw Museum. This selection of around a hundred works is intended to recall the country's long struggle to regain its independence. And, in fact, many artists were involved in depicting the highlights of the national novel then being written. Or in transforming themselves into champions of local landscapes and traditions.

"In this second part of the ^19th century, we feel the urgency to create common myths, figures and symbols capable of giving new life to the "nation" dismembered in 1795 for the benefit of Russia, Prussia and Austria," summarizes in the catalog Agnieszka Lajus, director of the Warsaw institution, curator with her curator, specialist of the period Agnieszka Bagińska.

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