In his lifetime Jan Marcin Szancer somehow found the time to write articles and scripts, work extensively in theatre, film and TV as a set and costume designer and even took occasional acting roles. He was the very first artistic director of The national Polish TV company between 1952 and 1958 and he also worked as a professor at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts for over two decades. But none of this is going to feature in this video as I'm going to concentrate exclusively on his astonishing volume of work as an illustrator.
I should also point out that finding precise years of publication has proven more than usually challenging and not all can necessarily be relied on. Neither can my desperate attempts at Polish pronunciation.
And my apologies for the freudian slip-up in the thumbnail and titling, which claims I illustrated the video. Obviosly wishful thinking on my part .