Franciszek Andrzej Bobola Biberstein-Starowieyski (8 July 1930 in Bratkówka – 23 February 2009 in Warsaw) was a Polish artist. From 1949 to 1955, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and Warsaw.[1] He specialized in poster, drawing, painting, stage designing, and book illustration. He was a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI). Throughout his career his style deviated from the socialist realism that was prevalent during the start of his career and the popular, brightly colored Cyrk posters; however he did create one Cyrk poster Homage to Picasso in 1966.
He was the first Polish artist to have a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, in 1986.
Major awards
1973 - Award, International Biennale of the Arts, São Paulo (Brazil)
1974 - Film poster award, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes (France)
1974 - 2nd Prize, International Biennial of Posters, Warsaw (Poland)
1978 - 2nd Prize, International Biennial of Posters, Warsaw (Poland)
1979 - Gold Plaque, International Film Festival, Chicago (USA)
1982 - Silver Hugo, Film poster competition
2000 - 3rd Prize, International Biennial of Posters, Warsaw (Poland)
Karolina Kempa: Polnische Kulturplakate im Sozialismus. Eine kunstsoziologische Untersuchung zur (Be-)Deutung des Werkes von Jan Lenica und Franciszek Starowieyski. Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-658-18854-2.
Castorio, Jean-Noël, "Le cinéma baroque de Franciszek Starowieyski", Cannibale Fanzine 6, 2022, pp. 84-87, with previous bibliography.
