Draft:Peter Pracownik
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Peter Pracownik (born 1951) was a visual artist from Bristol. His work was significant in the free festival culture of the 1990s.[1]
Career
[edit]Pracownik studied at the Taunton College of Arts[2] and made his artistic debut in 1989 designing tarot decks of wyverns, dragons, The Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings[3] including The Lord of the Rings Tarot Deck and Card Game.[4] Pracownik designed album covers for Hawkwind after meeting them at Glastonbury Festival[5] as well as for The Albion Band.[1] In 1993 he was commission by the Grateful Dead to make a shirt and poster for their tour.[6] In 2010, his art was featured in a JRR Tolkien exhibition at Banbury Museum.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]Pracownik was born to Polish parents.[2] He lived and worked most of his life in Glastonbury[1] but moved to Cornwall in his later life.[9] He collected coins and antique objects[3] and was friends with the Pink Faeries.[10] Pracownik died in August 2024.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Linham, Laura (2024-08-19). "Glastonbury mourns the loss of artist Peter Pracownik, whose work captured the town's mystical spirit". Glastonbury Nub News. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ a b Connecting Link: Issues 17-22. Connecting Link. 1992.
- ^ a b Donaldson, Terry (1999). El señor de los anillos (in Spanish). EDAF. ISBN 978-84-414-0519-6.
- ^ Auger, Emily A (2013). "Review of The Hobbit Tarot; The Lord of the Rings Tarot Deck and Card Game, Terry Donaldson, Peter Pracownik". Mythlore. 31 (3/4 (121/122)): 136–138. ISSN 0146-9339. JSTOR 26815878.
- ^ Clerk, Carol (2009-11-04). The Saga of Hawkwind. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-017-5.
- ^ "Cornwall's Rock Artist". 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "Unseen Tolkien art at exhibition". 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "Tolkien drawing to be displayed". 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ Wace, Charlotte (2022-09-07). "Cornish village Trevalga squares up to the developers". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ Lecompte, Lise-Marie (2021-02-17). Draconia: 1. Sous le Sceau du Dragon (in French). BoD - Books on Demand. ISBN 978-2-322-22119-6.