Initial Visual Research

This time I started looking for inspiration for my project and the first inspiration i looked for is “The Racławice panorama” Around 6 years ago I was visited in Museum in Wrocław and there i saw an exhibition called “The Racławice panorama’ as visit Wrocław.eu state “ The painting present the Battle of Racławice in April 1794, in which Poles won over Russians. The monumental picture is 114m long and 15m high”  This is the famous panorama art in Poland, when I was younger I heard many times about it but when I first time seen it i was surprised and it made a great impression on me.

Styka,J. Kossak, W. (1984) Racławice Panorama, National Museum in Wrocław

Another inspiration is Diego Rivera:

Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central, 1946-1947, Museo Mural Diego Rivera, Alameda Park, Mexico City

Man, Controller of the Universe, 1933-1934

Thomas Hart Benton (New. Deal), Claude Monet “Les Nymphéas” in Musée de l’Orangerie where it was presented in 1927.

Looking depth I found an information as koszalin.pl state “ On March 4, 1945, Koszalin was captured by Soviet troops - the 3rd Tank Corps of General Alexei Panfilov. Although there was no prolonged fighting in the city, the city center was almost completely destroyed.” moving forward I looked at YouTube and I found a video recorded in 1945 showing Koszalin durning the expulsion of the Germans by Soviet soldiers. I never seen this video before, the older generation told to me many of stories how the polish people fighting for country where I born. 

Marzec 1945 - żołnierze radzieccy w Koszalinie

After I found information about that movie as Stech (2021) state“ in March 1945. During a walk of a handful of Koszalin defenders with the Red Army, the city suffered significant damage. The Soviets destroyed it only a month later to record a propaganda film.”  

Then I found  image of chapel. 

Bułhak, Jan Koszalin Chapel 1945

Koszalin 1945

Koszalin 1945

Reference: 

    “Panorama of the Battle of Racławice.” VisitWroclaw.eu, visitwroclaw.eu/en/place/panorama-raclawicka-wroclaw-1. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

   National Museum in Wrocław (1894) Racławice Panorama [panoramic painting]. Available at: https://mnwr.pl/en/category/branches/panorama-of-the-battle-of-raclawice/ (Accessed: 02.04.2025).

    Gk24.pl (2014). Marzec 1945 - żołnierze radzieccy w Koszalinie. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://youtu.be/CVJLQbZX-BQ [Accessed 7 Apr. 2025].

Gk24.pl (2014). Marzec 1945 - żołnierze radzieccy w Koszalinie. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://youtu.be/CVJLQbZX-BQ [Accessed 7 Apr. 2025].

    Bogdan Stech (2021). Historia Koszalina od 1945 roku | Serwis Urzędu Miejskiego w Koszalinie. [online] Available at: https://koszalin.wyborcza.pl/koszalin/7,179397,27158938,wojna-na-niby-o-koszalin-wiosna-1945-r-sowieci-zburzyli.html [Accessed 7 Apr. 2025].