Some Issues Concerning Fabià Puigserver’s Relationship with Poland

Abstract

When speaking of Fabià Puigserver’s life and artistic career, we inevitably refer to his experience and training as a set designer in Poland, where he lived and studied between 1951 and 1959. According to his biographies, he did not return until 1966; from that year, he maintained regular professional and personal contact with his adoptive country. However, despite the importance that all academics and acquaintances of Puigserver attach to the early Polish period, the published information is still quite general. The objective of this article is to provide more data about the 1951-1959 period based on the documentation found in archives and interviews with those who knew him, as well as to clarify certain issues concerning Poland and Puigserver after his return to Catalonia between 1959 and 1966.