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Tadeusz Kantor

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Tadeusz Kantor

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First name:

Tadeusz

Last Name:

Kantor

Parents:

Marian Kantor i Helena z Bergerów

Date of birth:

06-04-1915

Date of death:

08-12-1990

Place od death:

Kraków

Age:

Profession:

Director, painter

Honours and awards:

Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (1954), Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej (1955), odznaka „Zasłużony dla województwa rzeszowskiego” (1983), Kawaler Orderu Legii Honorowej (1985), Komandor Orderu Sztuki i Literatury (1989), Krzyż Wielki Orderu Zasługi Republiki Federalnej Niemiec (1990)

Biography:

Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990), born in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, son of Marian Kantor and Helena née Berger, painter, director, stage designer and art theoretician. In the years 1925-1933, he attended the Kazimierz Brodziński Gymnasium in Tarnów. He studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in the atelier of Professor Władysław Jarocki, at the same time studying decorative and theatrical painting under Professor Karol Frycz. In the years 1942-1944, he managed the underground Independent Theatre, and from 1955 - the Cricot 2 Theatre. In November 1946, together with Maria Jarema, he participated in the International Exhibition of Contemporary Art in the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris.

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