Jan Józef Szczepański, Tadeusz Brzozowski i sens sztuki

Abstract

The article illustrates the proximity of artistic attitudes of Jan Józef Szczepański, a writer, and Tadeusz Brzozowski, a painter. It presents the history of a deep and long‑lasting friendship between these two artists. On the basis of literary creations and diary entries of Jan Józef Szczepański, it attempts to reconstruct the ethical attitudes and artistic choices declared and adopted by both artists. Indicating a number of differences between them, the article aims at presenting the essence of artistic activity which they both represented and which has its source in the indissoluble connection between ethics and aesthetics.