Antoni Kenar
Antoni Kenar (born October 23, 1906 in Iwonicz , † February 19, 1959 in Zakopane ) was a Polish sculptor, educator, director of the State School for Wood Crafts in Zakopane.
Kenar graduated from the Zakopane State School of Wood Crafts in 1925, the director of which was the architect Karol Stryjeński . He then graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw . In 1938 he returned to Zakopane. He spent the war years in Warsaw . After the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, he was deported to Oberhausen and Essen as a forced laborer .
In 1947 he was appointed professor at the State School of Wood Crafts in Zakopane, and in 1954 became its director.
Under his leadership, the school became a place where modern sculpture was fused with local folk art of the Tatra - Gorals to create an original style. The graduates belonged to the well-known artists of the Polish avant-garde: Władysław Hasior , Stanisław Kulon , Antoni Rząsa .
In his works, influences from Cubism and Art Deco are also noticeable.
After his death the school was named after him.
source
- Urszula Kenar: Antoni Kenar 1906-1959. Biblioteka Narodowa, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-7009-616-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kenar, Antoni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish sculptor and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iwonicz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th February 1959 |
| Place of death | Zakopane |