Abstract
During the Cold War, the authorities of the Polish People’s Republic tried to use the native culture to maintain relations with Western European countries, trying to establish a warmer image of Poland in the international arena. An important role in this activity was played by Polish avant-garde painting, presenting a high artistic level and recognition abroad, including in the Nordic area. The aim of the article is to explain the influence of the Polish People’s Republic’s foreign policy on the exhibitions of Polish abstract painting in Denmark, Norway, and Finland in 1967, 1985, and 1986. The research postulate was implemented through the analysis of previously unused file sources from the State Archives in Łódź, as well as articles from the press of Nordic items stored in the Museum of Art in Łódź. Confronting these materials with the literature on the subject made it possible to examine the specificity of the presented exhibitions against the background of the international situation.
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