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Tadeusz Kantor

Tadeusz Kantor (1915 - 1990) was an Polish painter and theatre director.

Professor at Kraków’s Academy of Fine Arts, a director of experimental theatre in Kraków in the years 1942-1944. After the war he set up his own avant-garde theatre, Cricot 2, where, amongst others, the works of Witkacy were presented:

  • The Cuttlefish
  • The Hyrcanian World View
  • In the Small Mansion
  • The Madman and the Nun
  • The Water Hen

His most important works are:

  • Death of a class (1975)
  • Wielopole, wielopole (1980)
  • You will never return here (1985)

His best known paintings are:

  • Man with Umbrella (1949)
  • the Industrial bags series (1964)
  • Emballage (1964 - 1975)
  • the Nothing any more series (1986 - 1990)
  • September Defeat (1990)





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