Wojciech Fangor
Wojciech Fangor (15 November 1922 – 25 October 2015) was a Polish painter.[1][2] He was one of the creators of the Polish School of Posters.
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Biography
Wojciech Fangor had private tutors and studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. [1][3]
His first picture was the Korean Mother. He worked in the style of Socialist realism.
He lived in Warsaw. In 1961, he moved to West Berlin. Then he lived in England and the United States till 1999.[4]
Fangor had his exhibition in Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1970.
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Between 1960 and 1962, Fangor designed abstract mosaics to decorate the walls and ceilings of train platforms at Warszawa Śródmieście railway station
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grimes, William (2015-11-10). "Wojciech Fangor, Painter Who Emerged From Postwar Poland, Dies at 92" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/arts/design/wojciech-fangor-painter-who-emerged-from-postwar-poland-dies-at-92.html. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ↑ "Works of Fangor". Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ↑ "Wojciech Fangor - family" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ↑ "Nie Zyje Wojciech Fangor Prekursor Malarstwa Iluzjonistycznego" (in Polish).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)[dead link] - ↑ S.A, Wirtualna Polska Media (2015-11-03). "Pogrzeb Wojciecha Fangora". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in polski). Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ↑ "Wyszukiwarka cmentarna --- Warszawskie cmentarze". www.cmentarzekomunalne.com.pl. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-23.