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Adam Broż
Born (1935-01-27) 27 January 1935 (age 89)
Bielsko-Biała
Other namesAmbros, Ambrosio
CitizenshipPolish
Alma materJagiellonian University
Occupation(s)Art historian
journalist

Adam Broż (born 27 January 1935) is a Polish art historian and journalist, who has been living in Rome since 1965. He was the secretary of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski (1969–1979) and Karol Popiel (1970–1977), and authored several guide books on Rome.

Biography[edit]

He was born in 1935 in Bielsko as the son of Stanisław Broż and Urszula née Jachimska.[1][2]

He spent his youth in Kraków, where he studied art history at the Jagiellonian University (1955–1961), graduating with Master's diploma. At the same time, he developed his skills as a fine-art photographer and worked as a technical assistant at the Medical Academy in Kraków, performing scientific photography.[1][3]

In 1965 he went on a one-year scholarship of the Margrave J. S. Umiastowska Roman Foundation to Rome, planning to research on the Italian Renaissance. In Rome he met and became the secretary of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski. At once, he took the position of the secretary of the Margrave J. S. Umiastowska Foundation, chair of which was Czapski. Broż performed as a double secretary of Czapski and the foundation between 1969 and 1979.[3][4] Together with Emeryk Czapski, he went on a number of antiquarian journeys around Europe, mainly to Paris.[1] In addition, in the years 1969–1977 he was the secretary of Karol Popiel.[1][3]

In the years 1968–2012 he was the administrator of the Hospice of the Union of Polish Knights of Malta in Rome (the Hospice later renamed the House of Malta).[1] Polish scholarship holders stayed there,[3] including Jerzy Vetulani, with whom Broż established a long-term friendship.[5][6][7] Broż also worked as a tour guide, showing Polish groups around Rome.[1]

During his stay in Rome, Adam Broż completed a course in archeology of the city and its surroundings, and a course on paper conservation, including the conservation of books. He worked as a journalist.[3] He published, among others in Tygodnik Powszechny, Przekrój,[8] Kultura, Narodowiec, Nowy Dziennik,[9] and later also in magazines Niedziela and Akcent.

He helped in obtaining Italian marbles used to rebuild the interiors of the Royal Castle in Warsaw in the 1970s and 1980s.[10]

He authored a number of guide books on Rome:[11] Rome and the Vatican. A Guide (Rome 1982, five editions until 1992), History of the Holy Years (Rome 1983), Rome – Holy Year 1983. Jubilee of Redemption. Papal Bull (with B. Lewandowski, Rome 1983), Rome and Its Surroundings. Tourist Guide (Warsaw 1984), Rome. Vatican. History of the Holy Years. A Guide (Rome 2001), Rome in Polish (2009, re-issued 2014) and Vatican. Pilgrim's Guide (Warsaw 2010, with Maria Betlejewska).

Over the years, Broż has acquired a number of engravings with portraits of artists,[3][12] seventy-three of which were shown at the exhibition Portraits of Artists. Prints from the Collection of Adam Broż at the Royal Castle in Warsaw in February–May 2015.[9]

In 1984, Adam Broż was elected a member of the Free Journalists Association in Munich.[1]

He married Bożena née Sikorska, a doctor of medicine.[1]

Selected works[edit]

  • Kałkowski, Tadeusz (1963). Tysiąc lat monety polskiej (in Polish). Kraków.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Re-issued 1974, 1981. Photographs by Adam Broż.
  • Rzym i Watykan. Przewodnik (in Polish). Plurigraf. 1982.
  • Rzym – Rok Święty 1983. Jubileusz Odkupienia. Bulla papieska (in Polish). Roma: Soprani. 1983.
  • Rzym i okolice. Przewodnik turystyczny (in Polish). Warszawa: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. 1984.
  • Rzym. Watykan. Historia lat świętych (in Polish). Plurigraf. 2001.
  • "Rzeźba dekoracyjna Sukiennic krakowskich z okresu restauracji i przebudowy przez Tomasza Prylińskiego w latach 1875–1979" (PDF). Rozprawy Muzeum Narodowego W Krakowie (in Polish) (2): 41–93. 2004.
  • Watykan. Przewodnik pielgrzyma (in Polish). Przewodniki Wiedzy i Życia, Hachette Livre Polska. 2006. Co-author: Maria Betlejewska.
  • Rzym po polsku (in Polish). Świat Książki. 2009. Re-issued 2014.
  • Broż, Adam (2014). "Emeryk Hutten Czapski, jr: wspomnienia sekretarza" (PDF). Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU (in Polish) (13): 117–128.
  • Broż, Adam (2019). "Rzymskie spotkania z Jerzym". Wybitni uczeni we wspomnieniach. Jerzy Vetulani (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN. pp. 185–187. ISBN 978-83-63305-73-4.

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Prządka, Ewa (2002). "Skuterem przez świat starożytny". Świadectwa. Testimonianze (in Polish). Vol. 2. W kręgu kultury i sztuki. Rzym: Fundacja Rzymska Margrabiny J. S. Umiastowskiej. pp. 259–268.
  2. ^ Judycka, Agata; Judycki, Zbigniew (2000). Polonia. Słownik biograficzny (in Polish). Warszawa: PWN. p. 36.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Wernisaże literackie Akcentu" (in Polish). Niecodziennik. Pismo Miejskiej Biblioteki Publicznej im. Hieronima Łopacińskiego w Lublinie. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ Broż, Adam (2014). "Emeryk Hutten Czapski, jr: wspomnienia sekretarza" (PDF). Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU (in Polish) (13): 117–128.
  5. ^ Kobos, Andrzej (2007). "Dobra starość do umiejętność wykorzystania doświadczenia". Po drogach uczonych (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 2. Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności. p. 500.
  6. ^ Rotkiewicz, Marcin (2015). Mózg i błazen. Rozmowa z Jerzym Vetulanim (in Polish). Wołowiec: Wydawnictwo Czarne. p. 101. ISBN 978-83-8049-092-5.
  7. ^ Broż, Adam (2019). "Rzymskie spotkania z Jerzym". Wybitni uczeni we wspomnieniach. Jerzy Vetulani (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN. pp. 185–187. ISBN 978-83-63305-73-4.
  8. ^ "Adam Broż – Archive" (in Polish). Przekrój. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d Jakubowski, Tomasz (2015). "Portrety artystów w grafice z kolekcji Adama Broża". Portrety artystów w grafice. Ryciny z kolekcji Adama Broża. Katalog wystawy (in Polish). Warszawa: Zamek Królewski w Warszawie – Muzeum.
  10. ^ Rottermund, Andrzej (2015). "Słowo wstępne". Portrety artystów w grafice. Ryciny z kolekcji Adama Broża. Katalog wystawy (in Polish). Warszawa: Zamek Królewski w Warszawie – Muzeum.
  11. ^ "Opowieści o Rzymie. Spotkanie z Adamem Brożem" (in Polish). Telewizja Polska Lublin. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  12. ^ Lameński, Lechosław (30 September 2015). "Portrety artystów w grafice" (in Polish). magazyn.o.pl. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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