Poland. 1931 - 2013
Poster design
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1946 Zabrze, Poland - 2012 High Falls, New York. Known for: Multi-media public monuments, politically themed posters.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jan Sawka, Polish Artist, Dies at 65. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: August 27, 2012. Jan Sawka, a Polish artist, arrived in New York in 1977 with... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jan Sawka, Polish Artist, Dies at 65. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: August 27, 2012. Jan Sawka, a Polish artist, arrived in New York in 1977 with his wife and baby, four suitcases and a portfolio of the theatrical posters that had provoked the... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jan Sawka, Polish Artist, Dies at 65. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: August 27, 2012. Jan Sawka, a Polish artist, arrived in New York in 1977 with his wife and baby, four suitcases and a portfolio of the theatrical posters that had provoked the Polish government to expel him. The family settled in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, where Mr. Sawka (pronounced SOFF-ka) began creating a body of work that eventually included paintings,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jan Sawka, Polish Artist, Dies at 65. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: August 27, 2012. Jan Sawka, a Polish artist, arrived in New York in 1977 with his wife and baby, four suitcases and a portfolio of the theatrical posters that had provoked the Polish government to expel him. The family settled in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, where Mr. Sawka (pronounced SOFF-ka) began creating a body of work that eventually included paintings, sculptures, engravings, editorial illustrations, architectural installations, peace monuments, light shows and a movable 10-story stage set for the Grateful Dead's 25th-anniversary concert tour. The head-spinning diversity of it made labeling Mr. Sawka... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Jan Sawka, Polish Artist, Dies at 65. By PAUL VITELLO. Published: August 27, 2012. Jan Sawka, a Polish artist, arrived in New York in 1977 with his wife and baby, four suitcases and a portfolio of the theatrical posters that had provoked the Polish government to expel him. The family settled in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, where Mr. Sawka (pronounced SOFF-ka) began creating a body of work that eventually included paintings, sculptures, engravings, editorial illustrations, architectural installations, peace monuments, light shows and a movable 10-story stage set for the Grateful Dead's 25th-anniversary concert tour. The head-spinning diversity of it made labeling Mr. Sawka difficult, which suited him fine. "I have no idea which trend of art I represent," he told Arts magazine in 1983. "Nothing interest... Read full biography
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Graphics, bookplates, drawings, easel painting
Poland. 1929 - 2000
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Painting
Poland. 1922 - 2008
Informel art, collage, assemblage, figurative art, abstract expressionism
Poland. 1914 - 2006
Landscape and portrait painting, artistic textiles - tapestries, abstraction
Poland. 1928 - 1994
Collage, assemblage, painting, mixed-meda abstraction
Poland. 1920 - 1980
Abstract sculptural and spatial compositions, painting, sculpture, scenery, and graphics
Poland. 1893 - 1952
Ink drawings of children, constructivism, teaching, avant-garde art
Poland. 1945 - 2024
New figuration, painting and drawing
Poland. 1913 - 2004
Abstract floral designs, compositions and symbolic image painting, poetry, collage
Poland. 1918 - 2001
Graphic art, abstract portrait painting, woodcuts
Poland. 1930 - 2009
Painting; poster designer
Poland. 1921 - 2016
Easel and monumental painting
Poland, Lithuania. Born 1949
Figurative art with surrealism, irony, and grotesque elements. Uses various techniques and mediums.
Poland. 1927 - 2012
Painting
Poland. 1927 - 1957
Social realist painting, drawing, figures, landscapes, portriats, still life
New York / Poland. Born 1943
Painting, illustration, graphic design, art education
Poland. 1908 - 1985
Painting, sculpture, cubic painting, assembly, collage
Poland. 1936 - 1992
Lyrical abstraction
Poland. 1930 - 2005
Abstract landscape paintings
Poland. 1918 - 1998
Painting, head or figure of a woman-doll, cats, butterflies, artistic director, set design
Poland. 1924 - 1993
Painting and sculpture, matter painting, relief sculpture
Poland. Born 1953
Contemporary painting, Op Art, Concrete Art, Abstract Art
Poland. 1936 - 2006
Non objective, geometric painting, teaching
Poland. 1920 - 1972
Painting, cartoon, socialist realism
Poland. 1943 - 2018
Painting, abstract urban scene, buildings, non objective, still life, athletic figure
Poland. 1926 - 2007
Abstract image oil paintings and mixed media on paper
Poland. Born 1942
Painting, graphic artist
Poland. 1922 - 2020
Painting
Poland. 1928 - 2000
Abstract painting
Poland. 1928 - 1999
Abstract image painting