Józef Mroszczak

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Józef Mroszczak (11 May 1910 – 19 September 1975) was a Polish graphic designer at the forefront of the Polish School of Posters. Beyond his creative practice, he undertook a pivotal role in organising how graphic design was taught and publicised throughout the country. He contributed significantly to the professionalisation of graphic design in Poland, and the international acclaim that was garnered by its conceptual poster movement. Retaining a balance between design and artistic expressiveness, Mroszczak's works were widely exhibited and frequently awarded. For over two decades he lectured at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alongside pre-eminent poster designer Henryk Tomaszewski. In 1956 Mroszczak co-founded the influential bi-monthly magazine, Projekt, which showcased visual art and design. A decade later he established the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw, and sought the creation of the Poster Museum in Wilanów. Through his practice and professional associations, Józef Mroszczak brought about wider recognition of the Polish poster movement.

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Early life and education Mroszczak was born on 11 May 1910 in Nowy Targ, Poland. After graduating from high school in his hometown in 1928, he studied at Kraków's School of Decorative Arts and Art Industry (1930–1933), and then at the Kunstgewerbeschule and the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchtanstalt in Vienna's Academy of Graphic Arts (1934–1937).

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Career When he completed his higher education he settled in Katowice, where he taught at the city's Trade High School from 1936 to 1937. Mroszczak was one of the founders of Katowice's Free School of Painting and Drawing, where he ran a graphic arts studio between 1937 and 1939, while at the same time conducting courses at the Institute of Commercial Education in Chorzów. From 1938, he lectured on the theory of advertising at the College of Administration and Social Studies in Katowice. During the German occupation of Poland he taught courses on drawing and lettering at the Trade High School in Zakopane and at the Nowy Targ School of Economics. Once World War II had ended, Mroszczak set about organising the artistic life throughout Silesia. He co-founded of the Polish Artists' Association (ZPAP), assuming the chairmanship of its regional office. From 1947 to 1953, he lectured at the Katowice School of Art, which was later transformed into the Second Faculty of Graphic Art at Kraków's Academy of Fine Arts. In addition, his skills were employed in designing stands for the Polish coal industry at various international fairs. Moving to Warsaw in 1952, Mroszczak became the creative director at the…Citește mai mult

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Texts and publications by Józef Mroszczak O liternictwie, Głos Plastyków 1937, 1–7, p. 126 Wiedeńska wystawa plakatów, Odrodzenie 1948/45 O dalszy wzrost poziomu ideowo-artystycznego plakatu polskiego. In: O plakacie. Zbiór materiałów (..), WAG, Warsaw 1953 O dalszy wzrost poziomu ideowo-artystystycznego plakatu polskiego, Przegląd Artystyczny 1953/3 [preface in:] Vystava polsky plakat [cat.], Prague 1954 Tadeusz Trepkowski, Życie Warszawy 1955/5 [preface in:] An Exhibition of Polish Posters [cat.], Washington 1955 [preface in:] (International Caricature Exhibition) [cat.], Vienna 1955 [preface in:] Polnische Plakate [cat.], Norymberga 1956 [preface in:] Polnisches Plakat, Ausstellung [cat.], West Berlin 1957 [preface in:] Cartazes poloneses, [cat.] Rio de Janeiro 1959 [preface in:] Polish Poster, Exhibition (...) [cat.], Ottawa 1960 [preface in:] L'Exposition d'affiches polonaises [cat.], Beirut 1961 Polnische Plakatkunst, Econ Verlag, Wien - Düsseldorf 1962 [preface in:] I Międzynarodowe Biennale Plakatu [cat.], Warsaw 1966 I Międzynarodowe Biennale Plakatu, WAG, Warsaw 1968 [preface in:] II Międzynarodowe Biennale Plakatu [cat.], Warsaw 1968 Uwagi o sztuce, Kultura 1978/41