Włodzimierz Zakrzewski
Włodzimierz Zakrzewski (1916–1992) 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 (Pracownia Plakatu Frontowego) of Ludowe Wojsko Polskie (1944–1948), member of the Group of Realists (Grupa Realistów). Zakrzewski was an author of sociopolitical posters, landscape paintings (especially city landscapes of Warsaw and Paris) and figural compositions.
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Włodzimierz Zakrzewski
- Name
- Włodzimierz Zakrzewski
- Born
- 16 June 1916
- Birthplace
- Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
- Died
- 1992
- Place of death
- Warsaw, Poland
- Known for
- Painting Graphics Poster art
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- painter · graphic designer · graphic artist
- Fields
- painting
- Honours
- Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945 · Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945 · Medal For Oder and Nysa and the Baltic · Silver Cross of Merit · Gold Cross of Merit · Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Languages
- Polish
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Włodzimierz Zakrzewski (1916–1992) 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 (Pracownia Plakatu Frontowego) of Ludowe Wojsko Polskie (1944–1948), member of the Group of Realists (Grupa Realistów). Zakrzewski was an author of sociopolitical posters, landscape paintings (especially city landscapes of Warsaw and Paris) and figural compositions.
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Biography
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He was a co-initiator of socialist realism in Polish painting and poster. Notable works includes Olbrzym i zapluty karzeł reakcji (also known as AK. Zapluty karzeł reakcji; 1945), Towarzysz Bierut wśród robotników (1950), Wkraczamy w plan 6 letni [We are entering the Six-Year Plan] (1950), Partia [The Party] (1955).
The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is painting. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. Work by Włodzimierz Zakrzewski is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Distinctions recorded are Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945, Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945, Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic" and Silver Cross of Merit.
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• Name — Włodzimierz Zakrzewski • Born — 16 June 1916 • Birthplace — Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire • Died — 1992 • Place of death — Warsaw, Poland • Known for — Painting Graphics Poster art
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