Jacek Stryjenski
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Jacek Stryjenski was a Swiss painter and decorator (b. 1922 in Cracovie, d. 1961 in Geneva
). Jacek Stryjenski made fresco
s in churches in Switzerland (mosaics in St. Francis Church in Geneva) and France
, as well as murals and mosaics that can be seen in various places in Geneva. He also designed many marionette
s and much of the décor for the Puppet Theatre of Geneva.
He created the Grand Théâtre de Genève
's iron curtain and ceiling made of gold- and silver-leafed sheets of brushed aluminum that has more than a thousand "stars" made of glass lights.
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
). Jacek Stryjenski made fresco
Fresco
Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
s in churches in Switzerland (mosaics in St. Francis Church in Geneva) and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, as well as murals and mosaics that can be seen in various places in Geneva. He also designed many marionette
Marionette
A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a manipulator. Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control bar in different forms...
s and much of the décor for the Puppet Theatre of Geneva.
He created the Grand Théâtre de Genève
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Grand Théâtre de Genève is an opera house in Geneva, Switzerland.As with many other opera houses, the Grand Théâtre de Genève is both a venue and an institution. The venue is a majestic building, towering over Place Neuve, officially opened in 1876, partly destroyed by fire in 1951 and reopened in...
's iron curtain and ceiling made of gold- and silver-leafed sheets of brushed aluminum that has more than a thousand "stars" made of glass lights.