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).