Franciszek Andrzej Bobola Biberstein-Starowieyski (1930- 2009) was a Polish painter, draftsman, scenographer and illustrator, he is a protean artist. At the beginning of his career, his work was part of socialist realism, and then entered the Polish school of "cyrk poster" and based his approach in the Polish poster tradition, which he elevated to the rank of art.
Franciszek Starowieyski's work is internationally renowned. His work was rewarded with the Grand Prize at the Biennial of Contemporary Art of Sao Paulo in 1973, and was also rewarded at the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw and at the International Film Festival in Chicago in 1979 and 1982. He is the first Polish artist to have been the subject of a retrospective at the MoMA in 1986. From 1949 to 1955, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and Warsaw. He specialized in poster, drawing, painting, stage designing, and book illustration. He was a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI). Throughout his career his style deviated from the socialist realism that was prevalent during the start of his career and the popular, brightly colored Cyrk posters; however he did create one Cyrk poster Homage to Picasso in 1966.
Franciszek Starowieyski's work is internationally renowned. His work was rewarded with the Grand Prize at the Biennial of Contemporary Art of Sao Paulo in 1973, and was also rewarded at the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw and at the International Film Festival in Chicago in 1979 and 1982. He was the first Polish artist to have a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, in 1986.
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| Mr. Franciszek Starowieyski |
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| Poster for a Warsaw production of "LaBalade du Grand Macabre" 1934 Poster |
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| Louis Armstrong 1959 Movie poster |
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| Family Reunion 1963 Poster |
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| Diabelskiego Wynalazku 1964 Movie poster |
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| Cyrk (Homage to Picasso) 1966 Poster |
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| The Phantom of Morrisville 1967 Movie poster |
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| Jeu de Massacre 1968 Movie poster |
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| Kochanek Lekki Bol (The Lover) Poster for Warsaw production of the 1962 play by Harold Pinter, 1970 |
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| Mademoiselle 1970 poster |
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| Czerwona Magia 1971 Movie poster |
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| Glory to the bull 1971 Movie poster |
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| Graphis magazine 1972 Cover |
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| Illuminacja 1973 Movie poster |
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| Sanatorium Pod Klepsydra 1973 Movie poster |
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| Strindberg Taniec S'mierci Ateneum 1974 Movie poster |
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| Bunuel 1975 Movie poster |
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| Don Giovanni 1976 Theater poster |
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| Gombrowicz: Operetka 1977 Poster |
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| Anatomia Czasu 1978 Poster |
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| Biale Malzenstwo 1978 Poster |
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| Białe Małżeństwo 1978 Poster |
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| Oni 1978 Poster |
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| Trzema Krzyzykami 1978 Poster |
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| Nightmares 1979 Movie poster |
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| Golem 1979 Movie poster |
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| Wojna Chlopska 1979 Poster |
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| Lulu (Poster for production of Alban Berg's opera in Bonn, Germany) 1980 |
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| Gielda Plaakattu 1982 Poster |
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| Wystawa Darow 1982 Poster |
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| Krzysztof Gieraltowski, Polen Portrats 1983 Poster |
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| Molière, Don Juan 1983 Poster |
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| Zdziczenie Obyczajow Posmiertnych 1983 Poster |
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| Mickiewicz Dziady 1984 Poster |
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| Starowieyski Posters The Museum of Modern Art 1985 |
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| 1995 Le vieux Barbecor 1995 Movie poster |
I like CYRK- the tribute to Picasso. The rest is a little too bizarre for me.
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