Tadeusz Kantor belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Tadeusz Kantor as Polish artist (1915–1990).
Tadeusz Kantor was born at Wielopole Skrzyńskie in 1915. His recorded nationality is Poland. He trained at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.
Twentieth-century art was international, heavily theorised and increasingly conceptual, with the market growing alongside it.
He worked as painter, theatre director and sculptor.
Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
Recognition followed: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland.
That the work was made in Poland shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Tadeusz Kantor died in 1990, aged 75. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland
