The beginnings of the Manggha Centre should be sought in the second half of the 19th century, when Feliks Jasieński, an eccentric art lover, fascinated with Japanese art, accumulated a huge collection comprising wood engravings, costumes and outfits, fabrics, weapons and military accessories. Japanese art, which he discovered and propagated, had freshness and power which enthralled Krakow's artists, and the influence it exerted on their panting gained the name of Japonism as a movement in Polish arts at the end of the 19th and at the start of the 20th century...
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