Franciszek Starowieyski
Graphic Designer, Visual Artist
1930 – 2009
Who was Franciszek Starowieyski?
Franciszek Andrzej Bobola Biberstein-Starowieyski was a Polish artist. From 1949 to 1955 he studied at 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. 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.
He was the first Polish artist to have a one man show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1986.
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- Born
- Jul 8, 1930
Warsaw - Also known as
- Jan Byk Franciszek Starowieyski
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- Nationality
- Poland
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- Died
- Feb 23, 2009
Warsaw
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on July 23, 2013
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