Lightbox : Stefan and Franciszka Themerson

2 May-28 Jun 2012

Overview

Admission Free. Stefan Themerson (Płock, Poland 1910 - London 1988) and Franciszka Themerson (Warsaw 1907 - London 1988) met in Warsaw in the late 1920s, married in 1931, and went on to have a significant influence on the art of the avant-garde of Eastern Europe during the 1930s. They moved to Paris in 1938, but after the outbreak of the WWII they escaped the German invasion and fled to London. They produced five films in Poland between 1930-1937 (Pharmacy, Europa,Moment Musical, Short Circuit, The Adventure of a Good Citizen) and made two films (Calling Mr Smith and The Eye and the Ear) for the film unit of the Polish Ministry of Information and Documentation while in exile in London during the second world war. Only the last three, presented in this Lightbox display, have survived.