Włodzimierz Zakrzewski

Who was Włodzimierz Zakrzewski?

Włodzimierz Zakrzewski was a Polish painter, graphician and poster artist. He was a professor of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, founder and director of Front Poster Studio of Ludowe Wojsko Polskie, member of the Group of Realists.

Zakrzewski was an author of sociopolitical posters, landscape paintings and figural compositions. He was a co-initiator of socialist realism in Polish painting and poster.

Notable works includes Olbrzym i zapluty karzeł reakcji, Towarzysz Bierut wśród robotników, Wkraczamy w plan 6 letni [We are entering the Six-Year Plan], Partia [The Party].