Wojciech Weiss (1875 - 1950) Manifest (The Manifesto] oil on canvas, 1950. This painting by an artist of the older generation is considered to this day as the highest achievements of the social realism period, although it is not the most characteristic of the period. It received the First Prize of the Ministry of Culture. It embodies the seventy five year old artist's optimistic regard for the actuality of the times. In a radio interview, Weiss said of the painting "Ours is a revolutionary time . . . I tried to capture in this painting this moment in history - the arrival of the manifesto, the Revolutionary Manifesto, that the workers are reading. The manifesto is a new interpretation of our existence, a new light which enlightens people."