Roman Cieslewicz Prints and Multiples

Roman Cieślewicz (born 1930 13 January in Lwów Poland now Lviv Ukraine - died 1996 21 January in Paris, France) was a Polish (naturalized French) graphic artist and photographer. From 1943 to 1946 he attended the School of Artistic Industry in Lvov and from 1947 to 1949 attended the Krakow's Fine Arts Lycee. He studied at Kraków Academy of Fine Arts from 1949 to 1955. He was artistic editor of "Ty i Ja" monthly (Warsaw) 1959-1962. In 1963 he moved to France and naturalized in 1971. He worked as art director of Vogue, Elle (1965-1969) and Mafia - advertising agency (1969-1972) and was artistic creator of Opus International (1967-1969), Kitsch (1970-1971) and Cnac-archives (1971-1974). Taught at the Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques (ESAG) in Paris. In 1976 he produced his "review of panic information" - "Kamikaze"/No. 1/ published by Christian Bourgois. Folon. In 1991 he produced "Kamikaze 2" with Agnes B. He took part in numerous group exhibitions of graphic, poster and photographic art and was a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale). He designed a famous 1960s Polish Cyrk Circus Dog Poster as well as a Pop art superman cover for Opus magazine and a Charlie Chaplin poster for a Polish film festival. Major awards 1964 - Grand Prix, International Exhibition of Film Posters in Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) 1964 - Gold Medal, 1st Biennial of Industrial Forms in Ljubljana (Yugoslavia) 1972 - Gold Medal, 4th International Biennial of Posters in Warsaw (Poland) 1979 - Grand Prix for posters in Paris (France) 1984 - Bronze Medal, International Biennial of Posters 1990 - Grand Prix of "Art Graphique" (France) 1991 - Excellence Prize at Biennial of Graphic in Zagreb (Yugoslavia) 1992 - President Price, Biennial of Applied Graphic in Brno (Slovakia) 1993 – Second prize, Poster Biennale Lahti (Finland) He was included in the MoMA NY show of Polish posters (along with Jerzy Czerniawski, Wiktor Gorka, Mieczyslaw Gorowski, Jan Lenica, Jan Mlodozeniec, Andrzej Pagowski, Jan Sawka...

Superman 1968 CCCP / USA by Roman Cieslewicz Original vintage Superman style poster: CCCP USA by the legendary graphic designer Roman Cieslewicz featuring bold, colorful Superman mirror images depicted as Cold War rivals. USSR (CCCP / Soviet Union) and America Supermen running alongside each other against a bright yellow background. This work was also used as a cover image for Opus Magazine in 1968. Good condition. Medium: Silkscreen in colors affixed to linen backing Dimensions: 24 x 34.75 inches (including backing) Condition: Bold, bright colors; only minor signs of handling; otherwise very good condition Unsigned from an edition of unknown Published by Georges Fall, Paris. Printed by Serg, Paris. About the artist Roman Cieślewicz was born in Lwow, Poland in 1930 (d. 1996). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow in 1955, moved to France in 1963 and became a citizen in 1971. He worked for several press and publishing houses, including Elle, Vogue and Opus, and various cultural organisations, such as the Festival d’Automne and the Pompidou Centre. A professional militant, Cieslewicz avoids the groups that are active and influential in France: the admen, the Swiss school, the ‘politicos’. Yet it was he who introduced the Polish poster to the country, unleashing all those influences which continue even now to determine French poster design, particularly in the political, social and cultural fields. Though his approach is comparable with that of the Polish school, Cieslewicz has created his own technique and language, which he applied to posters, publications, photomontages and illustration. His graphic ideas were expressed in a haunting and incisive style. His output was prolific, his approach disturbingly free, with accidental elements permitted to challenge the typographical order. Related Categories Political art. Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol Superman...