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).
Włodzimierz Zakrzewski | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 June 1916 |
| Died | 1992 (aged 75–76) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | Painting Graphics Poster art |
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
editReferences
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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