Dimensions: 120 x 110 cm
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'T. KANTOR | titre: 'umbrella | and figures' | ('parapluie | et personnages') | V. 1973 | 120 x 110'
on the reverse a transport sticker WORKS OF MODERN ART Foreign Trade Company and exhibition sticker in Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim and inventory markings
author's frame
Origin
gift directly from the artist
private collection, Warsaw
Exhibited
Polnische Kunst 1973. malerei und plastik, Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, 3.11-2.12.1973
Literature
Polnische Kunst 1973. malerei und plastik, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1973
Biography
In 1939 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He was one of the most prominent representatives of the Polish artistic avant-garde of the post-war era, and above all the creator of the Polish avant-garde experimental underground theater, and from 1956 the Cricot 2 theater in Cracow. He was a co-founder and member of the Group of Modern Artists in 1945. In 1955 he traveled to Paris, where he encountered the latest trends in world art. In his work, the main form of artistic expression was abstract painting, especially of the informel type, he was also involved in printmaking; he arranged happenings, was involved in stage design and film. He was active as a teacher: in 1948 and 1968 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and in 1961 at the academy in Hamburg. Among other awards, he won the Goethe Foundation Prize in 1978 in Switzerland.