Waldemar Świerzy

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.

• Name — Waldemar Świerzy • Born — 9 September 1931 • Birthplace — Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic • Died — 27 November 2013 • Place of death — Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Third Polish Republic • Resting Place — Powązki Military Cemetery • Education — Kraków Academy of Fine Arts • Movement — Polish School of Posters

Born in Katowice, Poland, he graduated from the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts in 1952. He was subsequently Professor in the University of Fine Arts in Poznań from 1965 and Professor in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from 1994. In 1992 the government of Poland issued a postage stamp to honor one of his Cyrk posters, 'Clown with derby'. Swierzy is one of the Polish School of Posters' most prolific artists, having created over 2500 posters. He employed unusual concepts with a variety of techniques, frequently mirroring Polish social history from 1950s through 1980s, with a myriad of styles: folk art from the 50s, pop art from the 60s, portraits from the 70s, and TV images from the 80s. In addition, his Jazz Greats series of famous American jazz personalities became so well known that he reissued them in his later years as signed lithographs. The series includes: Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Charles Mingus and Charlie Parker, among others. The lithographs were editioned by S2Art. The first group, which came out in March 2003, were of Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie. King Oliver and Lester Young followed a few years later.

• 1960 – Galerie in der Biberstrasse; Vienna, Austria • 1964 – Documenta Kassel; Kassel; Germany • 1978 – Poster Museum Wilanow; Warsaw, Poland • 1980 – Poliforum Siqueiros; Mexico City, Mexico • 1982 – Galerie Oxe; Copenhagen, Denmark • 1989 – Taldemuseo; Lahti, Finland • 1991 – Creation Gallery GB, Tokyo, Japan • 1993 – Festival de l'Affiche, Chaumont, France • 2000 – Plakat Kunsf Hof; Essen, Germany • 2001 – Museum of Contemporary Art; Tehran, Iran • 2002 – Muzeum Miejskie Wrocławia; Wrocław, Poland Member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI) since 1965.

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