Oil on canvas 31 x 26 in, framed, art 30 x 25 in, manner of 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. Laureate of Witkacy Prize â€Ã¢€Å“ Critics' Circle Award (1989). Kantor was born to Marian Kantor-Mirski and Helena Berger. His family were staunch Catholics. His mother was related to composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, through her German father. Born in Wielopole SkrzyÃ…â€Å¾skie, Galicia (then in Austria-Hungary, now in Poland), Kantor graduated from the Cracow Academy in 1939. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, he founded the Independent Theatre, and served as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków as well as a director of experimental theatre in Kraków from 1942 to 1944. After the war, he became known for his avant-garde work in stage design including designs for Saint Joan (1956) and Measure for Measure (1956). Specific examples of such changes to standard theatre were stages that extended out into the audience, and the use of mannequins as real-life actors. This lot will sell " manner of the artist" under the liveauctioneers platform policy. * When you list a work of art "by" a master artist that is not a copy of known work, it should be listed as "in the style of" that artist.Should be described as "in the style of" Should include a clear definition of "in the style of". A suggested definition:â€Ã…“In the style of” works are works by an unknown creator whose style is strongly under the influence of the style of the named master artist. (Source: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus)Source: LiveAuctioneers Listing Policies