About the Journal

HISTORY OF THE BIULETYN HISTORII SZTUKI

Biuletyn Historii Sztuki, published since 1932, is the oldest Polish academic journal devoted to art history. It was created at the instigation of Oskar Sosnowski as a periodical of the Department of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. At the time the Department and the editorial team of the Biuletyn Historii Sztuki i Kultury, affiliated e.g. Witold Kieszkowski, Stanisław Lorentz, Juliusz Starzyński, Jerzy Szablowski, Michał Walicki, Jan Zachwatowicz, and Stanisław Herbst. Following WW II, it was the State Institute of Art (later: Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences / Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk – ISPAN) that published the quarterly. Since 1950 the journal has been using the shortened name: Biuletyn Historii Sztuki. A year later Stanisław Lorentz became its editor-in-chief, to hold the position for 30 years, until 1981. After his death, the function of the editor-in-chief was performed subsequently by: Stanisław Mossakowski (1982-88), Jerzy Kowalczyk (1988-96), and Piotr Paszkiewicz (1996-2002), Stanisław Mossakowski (2002-2023). Since 2024, Stanisław Mossakowski has been serving as honorary editor, and Joanna Stacewicz-Podlipska is the editor-in-chief.

In 1982 a special fascicle was issued (nos. 1-4) containing the List of Journal’s Content 1932-81; a similar list spanning 1983-98 was published in 1999 (nos.1-2).