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Tadeusz Kantor (6 April 1915 – 8 December 1990) was a Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director. Kantor is renowned for his revolutionary theatrical performances in Poland and abroad.
Tadeusz Kantor (1915, Wielopole Skrzyńskie – 1990, Krakow) – an avant-garde artist, painter, draughtsman, art theoretician, stage designer and director, author of happenings,...
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Kantor was inspired by Constructivism, Dada, Informel art and Surrealism. He was attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and studied under Karol Frycz, an outstanding set designer of the inter-war period. Kantor staged his first productions - Jean Cocteau's Orpheus, Juliusz Słowacki's Balladyna and Stanisław Wyspiański's Powrót Odysa / The Retu...
Throughout the world, Tadeusz Kantor is best known as an outstanding and highly original figure of 20th century theatre, as well as the creator of his own theatre group and of productions imbued with a poetry derived from the artist's own complex private/public Galician origin. In Poland he played a number of roles, primarily within the Cracow arti...
Kantor's life in the theatre began early, when, during the German occupation, he created an underground experimental theatre in Kraków. This theatre managed to integrate the artistic community of the city and it found a worthy successor in the Cricot 2 Theatre, formed in 1956. "Cricot 2" was a reference to the pre-war Cricot avant-garde visual arts...
1976 - Honorary award for Umarła klasa / The Dead Classat the 17th Festival of Polish Contemporary Drama in Wrocław1976 - Boy-Żelenski Prize for Umarła klasa / The Dead Class1977 - Norwid Critics' Award for Umarła klasa / The Dead Class1978 - Best Production Award for Umarła klasa / The Dead Class, CaracasLearn about the life and work of Tadeusz Kantor, a Polish stage director, painter, set designer, writer and art theoretician. Explore his innovative and influential contributions to theatre, visual arts and happenings.
Tadeusz Kantor (ur. 6 kwietnia 1915 w Wielopolu Skrzyńskim, zm. 8 grudnia 1990 w Krakowie) – polski malarz i reżyser, scenograf, teoretyk sztuki; w latach 1942–1944 kierował konspiracyjnym Teatrem Niezależnym, od 1955 teatrem Cricot 2, w którym do 1975 wystawił adaptacje dramatów Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza, następnie własne przedstawienia U...
Learn about the life and work of Tadeusz Kantor, a Polish painter, scenographer and theatre director, who pioneered the movement of Magnified Realism. Explore his chronology, from his birth in 1915 to his death in 1990, and his artistic achievements in Poland and abroad.
Feb 15, 2021 · Learn about the life and work of Tadeusz Kantor, one of the 20th century's most influential and innovative artists. Explore his plays, paintings, happenings, and his unique approach to objects and symbols in theatre.
Dec 8, 1990 · Tadeusz Kantor was a Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director. Kantor is renowned for his revolutionary theatrical performances in...
