Xymena Zaniewska-Chwedczuk

• Name — Xymena Zaniewska-Chwedczuk • Born — 4 July 1924 • Birthplace — Poznań, Poznań Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic • Died — 12 February 2016 • Place of death — Warsaw, Poland • Occupation — * Scenographer • architect • fashion designer • Children — Iwo Zaniewski • Spouse — * Ryszard Zaniewski • Mariusz Chwedczuk • Awards — * Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander's Cross with Star, 1996 • Commander's Cross, 2005

Zaniewska-Chwedczuk was born on 4 July 1924 in Poznań, Poznań Voivodeship (present-day Poznań metropolitan area). From 1958 to 1981 Zaniewska-Chwedczuk was the set designer for several hundred performances of the Polish Television Theater at Telewizja Polska (including Macbeth, School of Wives, Visit of an elderly Lady) and television programs. She was an author of stage design for 5 ballet films and created scenography for 35 classical theatrical and 15 opera performances. She also arranged 20 exhibitions at the Poznań International Fair as well as 20 foreign exhibitions. From 1981, she was preparing fashion shows in Germany. Zaniewska was one of the characters in the documentary series by Robert Laus under the title "Twentieth Century" (2010), where the profiles of Polish artists were presented.

• Illustration — Grave of Xymena Zaniewska - Chwedczuk in Warsaw. Her first husband was Ryszard Zaniewski, with whom she had a son, Iwo Zaniewski. She often collaborated with her second husband, Mariusz Chwedczuk, also a scenographer. On 12 February 2016, Zaniewska-Chwedczuk died aged 91 in Warsaw.

Her most notable scenographies include: • Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy (Warszawski Teatr Dramatyczny; 1969) • Stanisław Moniuszko's Śpiewnik domowy (Songbook for Home Use) (Teatr Narodowy; 1982) • Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata (Teatr Wielki, Poznań; 1983)