1918–1998 Painter, draughtsman, scenographer, illustrator, poet, actor. A leading representative of Surrealism in Polish art. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (until 1939), during the occupation he studied at the Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule Krakau. He studied acting at the Dramatic Studio at the Stary Theater in Krakow (1945–1946). He performed as an actor in Tadeusz Kantor's Cricot 2 Theatre, of which he was a co-founder. Member of the II Kraków Group. Set designer and artistic director of the Groteska Theater in Krakow (1948–1979). Winner, among others, of the Award of the City of Krakow (1979) and the Honorary Award of the Polish Culture Foundation (1996).

Works in collections i.a.: National Museums in Warsaw, Krakow, Szczecin, Poznań, Wrocław, Kielce; Zachęta – National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź; Silesian Museum in Katowice, Arsenał in Poznań, Museum of J.Malczewski in Radom, Olomouc Museum of Art, The Czech Republic.

Selected exhibitions: 1st Exhibition of Modern Art, Krakow (1948); Arsenał, Warsaw (1955); Venezia Sala Napoleonica (1959); Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (1963); Współ- czesna Gallery, Warsaw (1968); São Paulo Art Biennial (1969); Krzysztofory Gallery, Krakow (1973); BWA Łodź, retrospective exhibition (1987); National Museum in Poznań (1996).