| Biography
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Roman Cieslewicz
1930-1996 |
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| Quote |
| "The
hyper - realism of the 15
century replaces today's
photographs. Figures painted
by Carpaccio or the great
Flemish masters. we are
all famous people of the
age." |
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By R. Cieslewicz, from a
book, 'Roman Cieslewicz,
Master of Graphic Design
[b] |
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| Born
in Lvov, Poland (now Ukraine).
Cieslewicz produced creative works
all through his life, starting
in Poland (Opole) 1946. |
| In this early days
of his career was well known as
a chief layout artist for Polish
magazine titled 'Ty
i Ja' during 1959-63 in Warsaw,
Poland, and later working during
1966-67 for 'Vogue' and 1967-69
as an art director for 'Elle'
in Paris. He settled in Paris
permanently in 1963 and continued
his work as an artist, cartoonist,
illustrator and graphic designer. |
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| Through his life
he produced many posters for film, theatre,
opera, advertising and many book jackets.
His works as well as the techniques he used
were varied, in aim to achieve realistic visual
expression with minimum of mechanical means
available. This lack of means contributed
to the use of repetive reproduction within
photography, photomontage, screen printing
and various collages. |
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| Cieslewicz
said about his work: |
| 'I DELIGHT IN
THEIR NUMEROUS IMPERFECTION' |
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'Roman Cieslewicz, Master of Graphic Design
[b] |
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| Ty i Ja Magazine Front
Covers illustrated by R. Cieslewicz
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cover illustrations |
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