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Waldemar Świerzy

Waldemar Świerzy was a Polish painter, designer, graphic artist and typographer (1931–2013). He was born in Katowice and died in Warsaw.

Also recorded as Waldemar Swierzy

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Biography

Waldemar Świerzy is recorded as having received Golden Medal for Merit to Culture.

Recognition and collections. Świerzy received Golden Medal for Merit to Culture.

Waldemar Świerzy studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. The recorded working language is Polish.

Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw.

Work by Waldemar Świerzy is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Distinctions recorded are Golden Medal for Merit to Culture.

Catalogued output

Works

Their recorded dates run from 1989 to 2003.

A woman's face disfigured by the crisscrossed letters "AIDS/HIV".

  • The Kings of Poland

    2003

  • The Last Emperor

    1989 · San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

  • Colour lithograph after W. Świerzy, 1993

    [1993] · Wellcome Collection

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1931–2013

  1. 1931

    Life

    Waldemar Świerzy was born in 1931 at Katowice.

  2. 1989

    Institution

    The Last Emperor, dated 1989, held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

  3. 1989

    Institution

    The Last Emperor (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art).

  4. 1993

    A woman's face disfigured by the crisscrossed letters "AIDS/HIV". Colour lithograph after W. Świerzy, 1993. (Wellcome Collection).

  5. 2003

    The Kings of Poland is dated 2003.

  6. 2013

    Life

    Waldemar Świerzy died in 2013 at Warsaw.

The full dated record · 6 entries

  1. 1931

    Waldemar Świerzy was born in 1931 at Katowice.

  2. 1989

    The Last Emperor, dated 1989, held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

  3. 1989

    The Last Emperor (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art).

  4. 1993

    A woman's face disfigured by the crisscrossed letters "AIDS/HIV". Colour lithograph after W. Świerzy, 1993. (Wellcome Collection).

  5. 2003

    The Kings of Poland is dated 2003.

  6. 2013

    Waldemar Świerzy died in 2013 at Warsaw.

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  • Warsaw
Death or burial
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  • Katowice

    Birth place

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Literature

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