Polish School of Posters

The Polish school of poster art ( polska szkoła plakatu ) is a name of a group of Polish poster artists, who enjoyed in the 1950s and 1960s, a good international reputation.

In 1948, the graphic artist and painter Henryk Tomaszewski was awarded five first prizes at the International Poster Exhibition in Vienna. The self-taught Tadeusz Trepkowski showed in the first postwar years, a number of posters, distinguished which used by an extreme scarcity of expression. The young architect Jan Lenica debuted with peculiar posters. Other Polish graphic artist, like Roman Cieślewicz, Walerian Borowczyk, Franciszek Starowieyski and Waldemar Swierzy showed interesting works on international competitions.

Soon afterwards came the Polish school of poster art, destined for decades, the high level of this art in Poland. The artists enjoyed a certain freedom fools, were not forced to follow the general rules of Socialist Realism.

1968, the Poster Museum in Wilanów was opened as a branch of the National Museum in Warsaw. The Polish master of poster art were given a place to meet. In all even-numbered years since 1994, the museum is an international competition - the International Biennial of the poster - under the auspices of the International Council of Graphic Design Association ( Icograda ) is organizing.

The 1989er turn brought new problems. The advertising agencies maintained the shrill posters after the USA - flavor effective than refined, based on combinations of ideas works of Polish school. Only the theater posters maintained their previous level. Nevertheless, the Polish artists are still active worldwide and is present in many competitions and exhibitions.

"Polish Poster Art "

The Polish film director Robert Laus created in the years 2008 and 2009 in its script a series of short films dedicated to individual artists of the Polish School of Poster Art, including Waldemar Swierzy, Wojciech Fangor, Franciszek Starowieyski, Rosław Szaybo, Maciej Hibner and Mieczysław Wasilewski.