Franciszek Starowieyski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish artist
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Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
About Franciszek Starowieyski
- 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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