Date: 1968
Size: 26.5 x 38 inches
Artist: Jan Lenica
About the Artist:
Jan Lenica 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 of Walerian Borowczyk.
About the Poster:
Beginning in the 1950s and continuing through the 1980s, the Polish School of Posters combined the aesthetics of painting with the succinctness and simple metaphor of the poster. It developed characteristics such as painterly gestures, linear quality, and vibrant colors, along with a sense of individual personality, humor, and fantasy. In this way, Polish posters blurred the line between designer and artist.
Polish posters have come to stand apart from the advertising design conventions that dominated Europe in the 20th century. During the communist regime, when culture was tightly controlled by the state, Polish artists found a unique form of liberation in poster art. Ironically, this public art form became a platform for individual expression. During this period, cultural institutions—especially theatre and cinema—flourished, supported by government funding. Many young artists fresh out of fine arts academies flocked to poster production as the demand for this art form rapidly grew. The result was the creation of some of the most unique and expressive posters the world has ever seen—works of art in themselves.
Poster has damage on the top left. Please see pictures. Ready to frame!