Kapists were members of the Paris Committee, which was established in 1923 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. It consisted of 11 people, students of Józef Pankiewicz, whose aim was to go to Paris to study painting.
The members of the committee were:
- Seweryn Boraczok
- Jan Cybis
- Józef Czapski
- Józef Jarema
- Artur Nacht-Samborski
- Tadeusz P. Potworowski
- Jacek Puget
- Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa
- Zygmunt Waliszewski
- Janusz Strzałecki
- Marian Szczyrbuła.
Later the committee was joined by:
- Dorota Seydenmanowa
- Stanisław Szczepański.
All members of the Committee moved to Paris in 1924, where they established the Paris branch of the Academy of Fine Arts. Students were meeting the eminent French artists, organizing open-air discussions, meetings, they were also visiting museums and collections. The committee organized three major exhibitions of its members’ works: in Paris (1930), in Geneva (1931) and in Warsaw (1934).
In 1931 Kapists created their own magazine called “Głos Plastyków” (English: The Voice of the Artists), and after returning to Poland, they became propagators of post-impressionist colorism, which was an inspiration for many artists.
