Włodzimierz Zakrzewski
Włodzimierz Zakrzewski | |
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| Born | 16 June 1916 |
| Died | 1992 (aged 75–76) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | Painting Graphics Poster art |
Włodzimierz Zakrzewski (1916–1992) was a Polish painter, graphician and poster artist. He was a professor of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, founder and director of Front Poster Studio (Polish: Pracownia Plakatu Frontowego) of Ludowe Wojsko Polskie (1944–1948), member of the Group of Realists (Grupa Realistów).
Zakrzewski was an author of sociopolitical posters, landscape paintings (especially city landscapes of Warsaw and Paris) and figural compositions. He was a co-initiator of socialist realism in Polish painting and poster.
Notable works includes Olbrzym i zapluty karzeł reakcji (also known as AK. Zapluty karzeł reakcji; 1945), Towarzysz Bierut wśród robotników (1950), Wkraczamy w plan 6 letni [We are entering the Six-Year Plan] (1950), Partia [The Party] (1955).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Zakrzewski Włodzimierz". Nowa encyklopedia powszechna PWN. Vol. 6 (1 ed.). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 1997. p. 969. ISBN 83-01-11969-1.
External links
[edit]- "Włodzimierz Zakrzewski poster works". The Art of Poster.
- Dabrowski, Piotr. "Some Like It Red — Polish Political Posters 1944–1989". The Art of Poster.
- "2017 Exhibition". Twenty-two oil paintings.
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