Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990) - painter, graphic artist, director, scenographer. Professor at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts, an experimental theatre director in Cracow, which operated clandestinely during the Second World War (1942-1944). After the War he set up his own avant-garde theatre, Cricot 2. Its productions included the works of Witkacy: 'Mątwa' (The Cuttlefish, 1953), 'W małym dworku' (In the Country Cottage, 1961), 'Wariat i zakonnica' (The Madman and the Nun, 1963), 'The Water Hen' (1967) and 'Nadobnisie i koczkodany' ( Beauties and baboons, 1973). His most important works are 'Umarła klasa' (The Dead Class, 1975), 'Wielopole, Wielopole' (1980), and 'Nigdy tu nie wrócisz' (You will Never Return Here, 1985). His best known paintings are 'Man with umbrella' (1949), the 'Torby przemysłowe' (Industrial bags) series (1964), 'Ambalaże' (Emballage) (1964 - 1975), the 'Dalej już nic' (No More) series (1986 - 1990) and 'Klęska wrześniowa' (September Defeat, 1990).
