Title: Polish Coal WĘGLOKOKS Katowice
Author: Gerard Labus
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Notes: Poster from the artist’s family collection
About the artist: Gerard Labus (June 24, 1934, Katowice – July 1, 1988, Gliwice) was a commercial graphic designer (publishing and advertising graphics), poster artist, and educator. He studied from 1954 to 1960 at the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Kraków, Katowice Branch (later the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Katowice), graduating in 1960 from the studios of Associate Professor Bogusław Górecki and Professor Aleksander Rak. From 1965 until his death, he was a lecturer at his alma mater in Katowice, becoming an associate professor in 1975. From 1968, he headed the Packaging Studio; in 1970, he established a new program in Graphic Design for Environmental Design. He designed 140 book covers and 160 book illustrations, and worked in the field of visual communication. He received numerous awards in the field of poster design. He created numerous posters for events, advertising, music, museums, social and political causes, tourism, exhibitions, and theater; he did not design movie posters. He participated in numerous editions of the International Poster Biennial (MBP) in Warsaw (70, 72, 74, 76) and the Polish Poster Biennial (BPP) in Katowice (65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77); see *Mistrzowie 2012*, p. 158, *ŚSP*, p. 92, and other sources.
Bibliography: *Mistrzowie 2012* does not list this poster
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Condition:
The item is in fairly good condition, with slightly damaged corners and letters in the poster’s title
