Lech MAJEWSKI (b. 1947), Poster - Man of La Mancha

print, paper; 98 x 68 cm;
Facsimile in center, right: LECH MAJEWSKI (enclosed in circle);
Poster for the play Man of La Mancha for the 40th anniversary of the J. Kochanowski Popular Theater in Radom.

Graphic designer of well-known and excellent posters, he also does illustration and graphic design for books and albums. A student of Henryk Tomaszewski and a continuator of his concept of the poster school. Lech Majewski's posters have been shown in a great many exhibitions at home and abroad. He taught at foreign universities, including in China, Mexico, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France. He has been honored and awarded many times, both at home and abroad, including at prestigious competitions, exhibitions and biennales. He has also designed a number of well-known and respected albums, including the monographic work "Wojciech Fangor, Masters of Sculpture or the Crucified." Master of abbreviation, color, sign and wonderful lettering games. An artist who is economical in expression, yet reveals multifaceted semantic fields when reading his works. In recent years, Lech Majewski has made many efforts to reactivate the Warsaw Poster Biennial, to restore the rank and importance of this excellent event with a long tradition. He was born in 1947 in Olsztyn. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Graphic Arts, where in 1972 he defended his diploma in Henryk Tomaszewski's studio. Lech Majewski works at the Graphic Arts Department, where he leads the Studio of Publishing Graphic Design. He is a full professor.