Roman Cieślewicz Posters

Roman Cieślewicz Co-founder of the Polish School of Posters worked in posters, book typography, photomontage and collage.

Born 13 January 1930 in Lwów Poland now Lviv Ukraine - died 21 January 1996 in Paris, France. Studied graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He moved to Warsaw to design posters for films and culture events. Since 1963 Lived and worked in Paris. Art director for Elle magazine. Commissions for Musee Nationale d'Art Moderne and Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He formed with Roland Topor, Fernando Arrabal and Alejandro Jodorowsky a 'Panic group' (Mouvement panique) in Paris, 1962. His works are in the most important art collections, among others MoMA, New York. Major awards: WAG Trepkowski Prize 1955; Film Poster Exhibition, Warsaw 1956, Central Film Office Prize; International Film Poster Exhibition, Karlove Vary 1964, first prize; National Poster Biennale, Katowice, Silver Medal 1965, Gold Medal 1967, 1971; International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Gold Medal 1972, Bronze Medal 1984; Polish Poster Biennale, Katowice 1973, Gold Medal; Poster Biennale, Lahti 1993, second prize. Foto: Chantalpetitcieslewicz /creativecommons.org/