Wladysław Teodor Benda, a Polish-American painter, illustrator, and designer, gained recognition for his remarkable talent in creating masks and costumes. His innovative papier-mâché face masks were used in paintings, dances, and stage productions in New York and London. Benda's work was not only featured in magazines and publications but also became synonymous with lifelike masks. He also designed the mask for the movie “The Mask of Fu Manchu” and published a book, Masks, detailing his unique construction techniques. Explore some of Benda’s strange and fabulous masks from the 1920s and 1930s below.