{"id":79061,"date":"2020-07-02T17:05:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=79061"},"modified":"2020-06-24T10:38:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T08:38:56","slug":"25-05-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=79061","title":{"rendered":"New exhibition explores the life and work and Jan Marcin Szancer."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Picture perfect: new exhibition explores the life and work and Jan Marcin Szancer, one of Poland\u2019s greatest book illustrators<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

ANNE CHATHAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jan Marcin Szancer\u2019s illustrations form part of the backdrop to children\u2019s lives. \/ Wojciech Kry\u0144ski\/PAP<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A new exhibition has opened in Krak\u00f3w focusing on Polish-Jewish illustrator Jan Marcin Szancer, famed for his pictures in children\u2019s books.<\/span><\/p>\n

By placing his life in the wider context of the history of Polish Jews, it is geared towards both children and adults.<\/span><\/p>\n

Szancer experienced two world wars and the Holocaust. \/<\/em><\/span>
\nJan Marcin Szancer\/Facebook<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Illustrations are a central part of books for children, often remaining with them into adulthood, and in Poland, one of the illustrators remembered by generations of young readers is Szancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The illustrator\u2019s life and work is the subject of the new exhibition, entitled \u2018Szancer, imagine that!\u2019, at the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krak\u00f3w, which opens on July 1. The analogue exhibition will lead visitors into Szancer\u2019s world, from his childhood to his life as an established illustrator. It will feature colourful creations from his popular books, as well as installations created for the exhibition.<\/span><\/p>\n

His best-known works include his illustrations for poems by Julian Tuwim and Jan Brzechwa, and Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s fairy tales.<\/em><\/span>
\nJan Marcin Szancer\/Facebook<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Born into a Jewish family in Krak\u00f3w in 1902, Szancer went on to draw the pictures for around 300 books, earning him the title \u2018king of the illustrators\u2019 in Poland. His best-known works include his illustrations for poems by Julian Tuwim and Jan Brzechwa, and Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s fairy tales. He also illustrated a Polish edition of Michael Bond\u2019s book \u2018A Bear called Paddington\u2019, as well as books for adults. He died in Warsaw in 1973.<\/span><\/p>\n

 \u201cThanks to this set design, visitors will have a chance to feel more like heroes of a fairytale based on important events from the life of the famous illustrator, and to let their imagination run wild!\u201d the Museum, which is dedicated to the Jewish history and culture of Polish Galicia, writes on its website.<\/span><\/p>\n

The crooked house in Sopot was inspired by one of Szancer\u2019s pictures. \/ Abhijeet Rane\/Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Although the exhibition is designed for children, it will contain a second narrative for adults, which will present Szancer\u2019s life in the context of the experiences of Polish Jews in the second half of the 20th century.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEven though the illustrator is known mainly for his colourful works for various fairy tales, his biography, which includes the experience of both world wars and anti-Jewish repressions, is far from a fairy-tale,\u201d the Museum explains.<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition will look at both dimensions of Szancer\u2019s life, making it relevant to visitors of different ages, including people interested in Poland\u2019s Jewish history.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Picture perfect: new exhibition explores the life and work and Jan Marcin Szancer, one of Poland\u2019s greatest book illustrators ANNE CHATHAM Jan Marcin Szancer\u2019s illustrations form part of the backdrop to children\u2019s lives. \/ Wojciech Kry\u0144ski\/PAP A new exhibition has opened in Krak\u00f3w focusing on Polish-Jewish illustrator Jan Marcin Szancer, famed for his pictures in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79061"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79209,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79061\/revisions\/79209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}