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HENRYK TOMASZEWSKI (1914-2005) LOVE. 1991. 46 1/4x32 3/4 inches. Condition A: creases in margins and image. Paper. After his studies at the Warsaw academy of Fine Arts, Tomaszewski established himself as a free-lance graphic designer. He returned to the academy for three decades (1952-1985) and served as a professor. Widely considered to be one of the most influential Polish graphic designers and educators, he is also one of the most celebrated. Not only did he influence generations of young Polish artists, but his work is world renowned and he received many major awards for graphic design. He invented a minimalist, humorous style, childish in its simplicity, which enabled him to design a poster using only a few strokes of his pen. These images are pure visual communication, wherein a single object or gesture takes on a sense of drama or humor, and he has been referred to as a "spiritual son of the dadaists" (The Poster p. 319). This poster, for a retrospective of his work organized by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, is a perfect example of his style. Polish p. 201.
