| LC control no. | n 2004007082 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Natanson, Józef |
| Variant(s) | Natanson, Joseph Natanson, J. (Józef) Natanson, J. |
| Other standard no. | 43685773 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1909-01-03 |
| Death date | 2003-09-15 |
| Place of birth | Kraków (Poland) |
| Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Art Art history Painting Cinematography--Special effects |
| Profession or occupation | Painters Art historians Artists |
| Found in | Zgrzyt otwierającej się bramy, 2003: t.p. (Józef Natanson) The Wernher Collection, 1950: t.p. (J. Natanson) LC database, Mar. 10, 2003 (hdg.: Natanson, Józef; usage: Józef Natanson) German National Library via VIAF, Mar. 21, 2020 (identifier: http://d-nb.info/gnd/103369546; Poland, Germany, Italy; preferred: Natanson, Józef 1909-2003; variant: Natanson, Joseph) <http://www.viaf.org/processed/DNB%7C103369546> Telegraph, viewed online, May 13, 2020 Obituaries, November 22, 2003 (Joseph Natanson, who has died in Rome aged 94 on September 15th, began life as a Surrealist painter before being recruited in 1947 to do the special effects for Powell's and Pressburger's film The Red Shoes. Joseph (originally Jozef) Pawel Natanson was born in Cracow on January 3 1909. studied at the Warsaw Academy of Art and at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris, where he also earned a certificate in Museography. Produced with the writer Karol Zbyszewski one of the most vivid personal memoirs of the war: The Fight for Narvik: Impressions of the Polish Campaign in Norway to which he contributed bold drawings. After demobilisation he established the Studio of Decorative Arts in London, where he and other Polish artists worked in a number of media. Became a British citizen in 1949. Sir Harold and Lady [Zia] Wernher asked him to catalogue and publish their collection at Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire. Also author of the standard reference works Gothic Ivories of the 13th and 14th Centuries (1951) and Early Christian Ivories (1953). His autobiography, The Creaking of the Gate, was published in Warsaw in 2003.) |
| Associated language | eng pol |
| Invalid LCCN | nb2004309091 |
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