Arc-en-Ciel

Hungarian puppet theater
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French:
‘‘Rainbow’’
Date:
1929 - 1940
Areas Of Involvement:
puppetry
Related People:
Imre Madách

Arc-en-Ciel, Hungarian puppet theatre in Paris from 1929 until 1940 under the leadership of the painter and puppeteer Géza Blattner (1893–1967). In 1919 Blattner, together with photographer Rónai Dénes, founded a wayang (“shadow”) puppet theatre in Budapest. Blattner then went to Paris in 1925 and by 1928 had formed a company comprising some 40 Hungarian artists. The company made its debut at the International Puppet Congress of Paris in 1929. The decorative avant-garde style of the puppets was based on the contribution of prestigious designers including Károly Koffán, Zsigmond Kolozsváry, Sándor Tóth, Tivadar Fried, and Antal Prinner. A central figure ...(100 of 229 words)