JAN LENICA
(1928 - 2001)
"I have always liked to move at the periphery of Art, at the crossing of genres.... I have enjoyed .... combining elements which were seemingly distant, if not quite foreign, blurring the borders between adjacent areas, transplanting noble qualities to "lower" genres, in other words - quiet diversion"
A noted director of animated films, he stood out as one of the finest artist of the polish school of poster as well as making satirical drawings and book illustrations and designing theatrical costumes. His posters, prints and drawings were shown at numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
Son of Alfred Lenica, the painter, Jan Lenica graduated from a secondary School of music in Poznan in 1947 and from Warsan P0lytechnic in 1952. He started to contribute drawings in 1945, published critical assessments of drawings, prints, posters and cartoons from 1948 and took over as the art editor of the satirical journal "Szpilki" in 1950. In 1954 he was appointed assistant at the chair of poster of the Warsaw Academy of fine arts. In 1974 he lectured on poster art at Harvard University in Cambridge, USA. From 1979 to 1985 he was head of the chair at animated film at Kassel University and from 1986 to 1994 he was professor of posters and Graphic Arts at the Berlin Hochschul der Kunste.
never knew he was an animator, but makes sense. it would have been good to discuss his poster design in more depth. images could have been bigger and type a tad smaller.
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