Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Artist of the day, December 11: Roman Cieślewicz, Polish (naturalized French) graphic artist and photographer

Roman Cieślewicz (1930-1996) was a Polish (naturalized French) graphic artist and photographer. He earned widespread international recognition, exhibiting his works throughout the world. He was one of the founders of the Polish poster school which promoted an aesthetic striving for simplicity and clarity, while urging the use of poetic metaphor and an abundance of modes of expression. His artistic interests included posters, pressing and publishing prints, typography, photography, photomontage and exhibiting. He was a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP), the Alliance Graphique International (AGI) and the International Center for the Typographic Arts (ICTA).

From 1943 to 1946 he attended the School of Artistic Industry in Lvov and from 1947 to 1949 attended the Krakow's Fine Arts Lycee. He studied at Kraków Academy of Fine Arts from 1949 to 1955. He was artistic editor of "Ty i Ja" monthly (Warsaw) 1959-1962 . In 1963 he moved to France and naturalized in 1971. He worked as art director of Vogue, Elle (1965-1969) and Mafia - advertising agency (1969-1972) and was artistic creator of Opus International (1967-1969). Kitsch (1970-1971) and Cnac-archives (1971-1974). Taught at the Ecole Superieure d'Arts Graphiques (ESAG) in Paris. In 1976 he produced his "reviev of panic information" - "Kamikaze"/No. 1/ published by Christian Bourgois. In 1991 he produced "Kamikaze 2" with Agnes B. He took part in numerous group exhibitions of graphic, poster and photographic art and was a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale).

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Mr Roman Cieślewicz



1956, Dating agency poster

1956, Warszawa  poster

1957,  1950s The Charlie Chaplin Festival  poster

1957, Where is Professor Hamilton?

1958, Stracone Zludzenia

1959, Moda Polska (Polish Fasion House), poster

1960's Opus International Magazine 2 L'oeil Vérité

1960's Opus International Magazine 4 -CCCP-USA

1960's Opus International Magazine 6

1960's Opus International Magazine 9

1960's Opus International Magazine 10-11

1960's Opus International Magazine-7

1961 Ty i Ja (You and I) cover

1961, Katastrofa poster

1961, Parting Cover

1961, Ty i Ja (You and I) cover

1962, Adolfa Eichmanna droga do Bejt Haam  poster

1962, Cover of the magazine ti i ja (You and me)

1962, The Prisoner poster

1962, Ty i Ja (You and I) cover

1962, Ty i Ja (You and I) cover

1962, Ty i Ja (You and I) cover

1963, Cyrk (Poster for the circus)

1963, Cyrk Radziecki

1963, Famous love Affairs poster

1963, Ksiadz Marek (Friar Marek) (Poster for production of the 1843 drama by Juliusz Slowacki)

1963, THE LOVE GAME  poster

1963, Ty i Ja (You and I) cover

1963, Ty i Ja (You and I) cover

1963, Ty i Ja (You and I) cover

1963, Vertigo poster

1964,  Kafka Proces (Kafka's Trial) (Poster for a Warsaw dramatization based on Franz Kafka's novel)

1965, Her horoscope  poster

1966, Cyrk poster

1967, Dziady (Forefathers' Eve) poster

1967, Ty i Ja (You and I) cover

1967-68, "Che" Si

1968, Untitled (Mona Lisa)

1971, Zoom contre la pollution de l'oeil poster

1972, cover for the graphic design magazine Gebauchsgraphik

1972, douze ans d'art contemporain poster

1973, Ne! (Illustrated book published by the Student Center Gallery, Zagreb)

1974, Expo 74 - Galerie l'Oeil de Bœuf  poster

1975, Amnesty International  poster

1976, Mona Tse-Tung poster

1978,  Expo 78 - Jules Verne poster

1978, Paris-Berlin 1900-1930 poster

1979, Samuel Beckett - Happy Days, Poster

1980, J.M.K. Wscieklica, St.I. Witkiewica, Teatr Maty poster

1981, Roman Cieslewicz  Poster

1982, Hommage à Aragon poster

1989, Il est exactement poster

1989, Revolution poster

1990, Musee Picasso Paris poster

1991, Non stop, Panique magazine

1994,  Expo 94 - La Rose des Vents poster

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