Caption
Canada's artists and craftsmen will have an opportunity this summer to display the cream of their wares in Europe's festival showcase which opens in Brussels on April 17th. One of the-highlights of the textiles display will be the two tapestries above woven by the celebrated Toronto artist Krystyn Sadowski. Donald Buchanan, head of the committee of selection and Sheila Gracie of the Canadian Design Centre, Ottawa, examine the tapestries prior to their shipment overseas.
Release Date
April 1, 1958
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lund, ChrisCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Konrad and Krystyn are an ideal husband and wife artistic team. Each is the perfect complement of the other; Konrad creating the designs for a wide variety of pottery articles, Krystyn's imagination supplying a rich flow of decorative motifs for them.
Date
June 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB76893
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176238
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Konrad and Krystyn Sadowski have been described as Polish by birth, cosmopolitan by experience, Canadian by choice and affection. They fled Poland after 1939, Konrad to join the Polish air force in exile, Krystyn to continue her studies in Paris. Later they escaped to England.
Date
June 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB76895
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176239
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
After the war the Sadowskis moved to Brazil where their work received wide acclaim in International Exhibitions. On invitation from the Province of Nova Scotia they emigrated to Canada, setting up their workshop first in Halifax, later moving inland to Toronto.
Date
June 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB76902
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176240
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
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Caption
Konrad, a master in the knowledge of clays, is a restless experimenter with new techniques for glazing and firing. The high standards which they set for themselves have enhanced appreciably the stature of the arts and crafts in Canada.
Date
June 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB76905
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #151: Polish Emigrés Add Distinction to Canadian Art: Potters, Painters and Weavers
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
April 1, 1958
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Canada's artists and craftsmen will have an opportunity this summer to display the cream of their wares in Europe's festival showcase which opens in Brussels on April 17th. One of the-highlights of the textiles display will be the two tapestries above woven by the celebrated Toronto artist Krystyn Sadowski. Donald Buchanan, head of the committee of selection and Sheila Gracie of the Canadian Design Centre, Ottawa, examine the tapestries prior to their shipment overseas.
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