Żupan is a long, colorful man's robe worn by szlachta (Polish class of nobility or gentry) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The word derives from the name of a garment worn by royal clerks in the 11th century and is of Arabic origin. In 18th-centuryPoland, the żupan became the most popular item of men's apparel. Typically it was worn beneath a kontusz, and had long sleeves and a row of decorative buttons.
Żupans were made of such fabrics as were available to the szlachta. Magnates generally wore żupans sporting gold buttons, and fashioned from expensive fabrics such as silk, dyed crimson, which won their wearers the name, karmazyni or "crimson men". Poorer szlachta usually wore żupans of cheap gray wool, hence their nickname, szaraczkowie--gray men".
In 19th-centuryPoland, the żupan became integral to regional male costumes, including those of common people.
We are pleased to announce a pair of publications that capture the work of Bruno Zupan as never before.
The whole story weaves in and around prize winning reproductions of Bruno's recent paintings and watercolors - from his childhood in war-torn Yugoslavia and the Bohemian years in Paris that preceded his extraordinary introduction to the Deep South in 1964, to the glow of critical acclaim that surrounds his exhibitions from Manhattan to Madrid.
This chronologically organized catalogue of Zupan's graphic oeuvre may be used to order remaining hand pulled serigraphs made in his studios in Mallorca, or recent lithographs produced in Paris.
Mark Zupan (born May 20, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio) is the captain of the United States quadriplegic wheelchair rugby team which competes in the Paralympic Games and the official spokesperson for Team USA.
Mark Zupan was born in Cleveland, Ohio to parents Thomas and Linda Zupan.
The truck was involved in a collision and Zupan was thrown into a canal, where he held onto a branch for 14 hours until being discovered by a passerby [1].
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