Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Artist of the day, November 6: Jan Lenica. Polish animator, graphic designer, cartoonist

Jan Lenica (1928 -2001) was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist.

A graduate of the Architecture Department of Warsaw Polytechnic, Lenica became a poster illustrator and a collaborator on the early animation films. From 1963 - 1986 he lived and worked in France, while from 1987 he lived and worked in Berlin. He was a professor of graphic, poster, animated cartoon for many years at German high schools and the first professor of the animation class at the University of Kassel, Germany, in 1979. He used cut-out stop motion animation in his numerous films.

He was author of numerous articles and books on poster art. Author of the term "Polish School of Poster". Professor at the Harvard University, Cambridge MA 1974 and Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin 1986-1994.

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1917 Man on a plain

1950, book Polska Karykatura Polityczna (Polish Political Caricature)

1950 book Polska Karykatura Polityczna (Polish Political Caricature)

1952, Poster for Mandy

1955, Mazowsze

1957, Kanal

1958, Cena Strachu

1958, Devil's invention

1958, Hitchcocka

1958, The Visit

1959, magazine cover

1960, The devil and God

1961, The House in a Residential District

1962, Nóż w wodzie

1962, Scene from the movie "Labyrinth"

1962, Warsaw theatre poster illustration

1963, Poster for a Polish comedy. From Graphis Annual 63/64.

1964, Faust teatr wiel'ki

1964, Polnische Filmtage

1964, Wozzeck (Poster for Warsaw production of the 1914-22 opera by Alban Berg)

1965, Repulsion

1966, Cul-de-sac

1966, The Soldier

1968, Posters for Monsieur Tête,  (The Shadow)

1968, Teatr Wielki, Otello, Verdi

1969, "Das Kommödchen"  Kabarett

1969, Rysunek Satyryczny

1970, from Adam 2 animation

1970, from Adam 2 animation

1970, from Adam 2 animation

1970, from Adam 2 animation

1970, from Adam 2 animation

1970, from Adam 2 animation

1970, from Adam 2 animation

1970, from Adam 2 animation

1970, Opera Design Poster

1970, Poland Invites you

1970, Polske surrealister Charlottenborg

1970, poster for Adam 2 animation

1970, Posters for Monsieur Tête, Der Schatten (The Shadow)

1972, Scene from the movie "Labyrinth"

1973, Exhibition of Polish Folk Art, London

1974, Repulsion British Quad film poster

1975, Sparkasse

1975, Swan Lake Ballet

1976, Seminar and retrospective of films

1977, Fedra

1979, from "Ubu et la grande Gidouille"

1979, from "Ubu et la grande Gidouille"

1979, from "Ubu et la grande Gidouille"

1979, from "Ubu et la grande Gidouille"

1979, from "Ubu et la grande Gidouille"

1979, XI Polish Festival of Puppets

1992, Norma

1992, Parsifal
1996, Polish Abstract Exhibition Gallery show

Labirynt Polish book


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