1979 Polish exhibition poster, Peinture contemporaine Polonaise - Swierzy advertising carton Virgin Islands

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a new archetype took center stage during this time of rapid change: The Self-Made Man

he finds himself pursued by secret agents while falling for the beautiful but naïve Penelope (Bardot)

from all over France

The work he did for Artis 89 is somewhat darker and bloodier than most his previous subject matter

1979 Polish exhibition poster, Peinture contemporaine Polonaise - Swierzy advertising carton Virgin IslandsDate: 1979 Size: 27. 25 x 39 inches Artist: Swierzy, Waldemar About the Poster: Beginning in the 1950s and through the 1980s, the Polish School of Posters combined the aesthetics of painting with the succinctness and simple metaphor of the poster. It developed characteristics such as painterly gesture, linear quality, and vibrant colors, as well as a sense of individual personality, humor, and fantasy. It was in this way that the polish poster was