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| - | '''Franciszka Themerson''' ( [[28 June]] [[1907]] - [[29 June]] [[1988]]) was a [[Poland|Polish]], later [[United Kingdom|British]] painter, illustrator, film-maker and stage designer. | ||
| - | The daughter of the artist, Jakub Weinles, she was born in [[Warsaw]] in [[1907]]. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw with great distinction, in [[1931]]. She lived in [[Paris]] from [[1938]] to [[1940]], and then, from 1940, lived in [[London]] until her death in [[1988]]. She was principally a painter, although, throughout her life, she worked in several other fields of the visual arts: illustration, stage design and graphic design. | + | The '''Gaberbocchus Press''' was a London publishing company founded in 1948 by the couple [[Stefan Themerson|Stefan]] and [[Franciszka Themerson]]. Alongside the Themersons, the other directors of the Press were the translator [[Barbara Wright (translator)|Barbara Wright]] and the artist [[Gwen Barnard]] who also illustrated a number of the company's publications. |
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| - | She collaborated with her husband, the writer [[Stefan Themerson]], on experimental films, illustrated books for children which he wrote, and in [[1948]] she founded with him the adventurous publishing company [[Gaberbocchus Press]], of which she was the art director. | + | |
| - | Apart from appearing in many journals world-wide, several collections of her drawings have been published as books: The Way It Walks, [[1954]]; Traces of Living, [[1969]]; Franciszka Themerson, London 1941-42, [[1987]]; The Drawings of Franciszka Themerson, [[1991]]. | + | |
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| - | Her theatre designs included marionette productions of [[Ubu Roi]], Ubu Enchainé and [[Threepenny Opera]]. Many of these were exhibited at the [[National Theatre]] in [1993]. | + | |
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| - | Her major one-man exhibitions include those at Gallery One in [[1957]] and [[1959]]; Drian Galleries, [[1963]]; Zachęta, Warsaw, [[1964]]; New Gallery, [[Belfast]], [[1966]]; Demarco, [[Edinburgh]], [[1968]]; A retrospective at Whitechapel Art Gallery, [[1975]]; Gruenebaum, [[New York]], [[1978]]; [[Łódź]], Warsaw, [[Wrocław]], [[1981]]-[[1982]]; Nordjyllands Kunstmusum, [[Aalborg]], [[1991]]; Gardner Centre, University of Sussex, [[1992]]; [[Gdańsk]], [[1993]]; Redfern Gallery, [[1993]]; National Theatre, [[1993]]; [[Royal Festival Hall]], [[1993]]. Unposted Letters, [[Imperial War Museum]] in [[1996]]; Kordegarda, Warsaw, [[1998]]; Art First, London, [[1999]] and [[2001]]; CK Zamek, [[Poznan]], [[2004]]. | + | |
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The Gaberbocchus Press was a London publishing company founded in 1948 by the couple Stefan and Franciszka Themerson. Alongside the Themersons, the other directors of the Press were the translator Barbara Wright and the artist Gwen Barnard who also illustrated a number of the company's publications.
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