Franciszek Starowieyski
Polish artist
Died when: 78 years 230 days (943 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Franciszek Andrzej Bobola Biberstein-Starowieyski (8 July 1930 in Bratkówka – 23 February 2009 in Warsaw) was a Polish artist.From 1949 to 1955, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and Warsaw.
He specialized in poster, drawing, painting, stage designing, and book illustration.He was a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI).
Throughout his career his style deviated from the socialist realism that was prevalent during the start of his career and the popular, brightly colored Cyrk posters; however he did create one Cyrk poster Homage to Picasso in 1966.
He was the first Polish artist to have a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, in 1986.
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